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Saturday's game - Kansas vs. Nebraska
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Saturday's scores
Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
Colorado 47, Texas 30
lowa State 24, Baylor 17
No. 14 Kansas State 26, Oklahoma 7
Missouri 51, No. 12 Oklahoma St. 50 20T
No. 1 Nebraska 35, Kansas 0
No. 20 Texas A&M 13, Texas Tech 16
The Associated Press Top 25
No. 2 Penn State (6-0) did not play
No. 3 Florida State 47, Virginia 21
No. 4 North Carolina (7-0) did not play
No. 5 Michigan 23, No. 15 Michigan St. 7
No. 6 Florida (6-1) did not play
No. 7 Washington 45, Oregon State 17
No. 8 Tennessee (5-1) did not play
No. 9 Ohio State 49, Northwestern 6
No. 10 Washington St. 35, Arizona 34, OT
No. 11 Auburn 26, Arkansas 21
No. 13 UCLA 35, California 17
No. 15 Michigan State 23,
No. 5 Michanin 7
No. 16 Georgia 23, Kentucky 13
No. 17 LSU (5-2) did not play
No. 18 Iowa 62, Indiana 0
No. 19 Virginia Tech 17,
    No. 21 West Virginia 30
No. 21 West Virginia 30,
    No. 19 Virginia Tech 17
No. 22 Purdue 4B, Illinois 3
No. 23 Arizona State (5-2) did not pla
No. 24 Toledo 35, Bowling Green 20
No. 25 Mississippi 29, Alabama 20
AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1.Nebraska (35) 7-10 7,044 1
2.Penn St. (25) 6-0 1,665 2
3.Florida St. (8) 7-0 1,629 3
4.Michigan 7-0 1,514 5
5.N.Carolina (2) 7-0 1,507 4
6.Florida 6-1 1,400 6
7.Washington 6-1 1,281 7
8.Tennessee 5-1 1,245 8
9.Ohio St. 7-1 1,233 9
10.Washington St. 7-0 1,143 10
11.Auburn 7-1 1,049 11
12.UCIA 6-2 942 13
13.Kansas St. 6-1 984 14
14.Georgia 6-1 789 16
15.Iowa 6-2 727 16
15.LSU 5-2 714 17
17.West Virginia 6-1 579 21
18.Burdue 6-1 522 21
19.Okahoma St. 6-1 463 12
20.Arizona St. 6-2 424 23
21.Michigan St. 5-2 405 15
22.Toledo 7-2 405 14
23.Virginia Tech 5-2 124 19
24.Southern Miss. 5-2 64 20
25.Texas A&M 5-2 52 20
Others receiving votes: Colorado 50, Wisconsin 48,
Georgia Tech 47, Rice 42, Ohio 32, Brigham Young
62, University of Syracuse 23, Colorado State 17,
Missouri State 17, Missouri 14, Virginia 14, Texas Tech
14, Alabama 14, Oklahoma 14, Alabama 14, Alabama 4, Clemson 3, Marshall 2, Southern California 2, Uhb 2, Louisiana Tech 1, Mississippi 1.
ESPN/USA Today
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pts pts
1. Nebraska (37) 7-0 1,507 1
2. Penn St. (20) 6-0 1,480 2
3. Florida St. (3) 7-0 1,439 3
4. Michigan (2) 7-0 1,339 5
5. N. Carolina 7-0 1,331 4
6. Florida 6-1 1,223 6
7. Washington 6-1 1,142 7
8. Tennessee 5-1 1,111 8
9. Ohio St. 7-1 1,076 9
10. Washington St. 7-0 995 10
11. Auburn 7-1 703
12. Kansas St. 6-1 802 13
13. UCLA 6-2 708 16
14. LSU 5-2 673 15
15. Georgia 6-1 673 18
16. Iowa 5-2 625 19
17. West Virginia 6-1 599 20
18. Purdue 6-1 438 23
19. Oklahoma St. 6-1 432 12
20. Michigan St. 5-2 708 14
21. Arizona St. 5-2 316 22
22. Virginia Tech 5-2 213 17
23. Toledo 7-0 144 —
24. Syracuse 5-3 101 25
25. Brigham Young 5-2 85 —
Oren receivingotes Tennis AU58 81, Wisconsin 55,
Rice 52, Air Force 50, Colorado 47, Southern Mississippi
33, Colorado State 27, Georgia 67, Alabama 14, Virginia 9, Mississippi State 8, Chester
7, Stanford 1, University of Cincinnati 4, Mississippi I
1, Missouri 1, Idaho 1.
LIGHTS OUT
Two of the four light poles at Memorial Stadium, including the northwest pole here, lost power for 7 minutes during the second quarter on Saturday. Officials said that a transformer malfunction at 11th and Tennessee streets caused the outage. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Nebraska shuts down the Jayhawks' offense and dims Kansas' hopes for a bowl game
By Kelly Cannon kcannon@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas football team's inept offense continued to limp against No. 1 Nebraska on Saturday.
The result was almost a foregone conclusion — a 35-0 shutout by the Cornhuskers.
The Jayhawks rushed the ball 65 percent of the time but averaged only 0.7 yards per carry. They passed 35 percent of the time for 4.5 yards per pass.
"The stuff we were doing in the first half wasn't working, so we wanted to go back to basic running," Vann said. "When we started passing, they were in the passrush mode. When we start running, they said, 'We don't want to allow this.'"
Running back Eric Vann said Nebraska shut down every offensive attempt Kansas made.
The Jayhawks had only four first downs in the game. none in the first half.
Kansas coach Terry Allen
Nebraska defensive lineman Chad Kalsay and another Nebraska player kacks Kansas defensive back Tony Browns for a 7-yard
loss on a punt return. Nebraska punted only twice in Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium. Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
said going into the game, the Jayhawks feared the Cornhuskers' defense.
"The thing this Nebraska team has done in the last three weeks is vastly improve its defense," Allen said. "And they proved their defensive superiority."
A bright spot was Kansas punter Dean Royal. He averaged 44.6 yards per punt on 12 tries.
"Wasn't that something by Dean?" Allen said. "He did an excellent job."
The weather caused problems for Kansas, Allen said. The Jayhawks had trouble snapping the ball, a problem he attributed to the rain and cold.
Some Kansas players said they benefited from the conditions. Inside linebacker Jason Thoren, who has been playing with an injured left knee, led Kansas with 16 tackles.
"I think maybe the rain helped me out quite a bit," he said. "It wasn't quite as sticky out there."
Kansas' defense had a strong performance after struggling against Colorado last week. The Cornhuskers were held to just 415 offensive yards, their lowest total of the season.
"We just started having more fun," Thoren said. "We went outside to have fun and fly around and not worry about what happens. That's what we did, and we were successful with it."
Kansas held Nebraska scoreless for most of the second quarter and all of the third.
With 9:36 remaining in the
Going nowhere
It's official, Kansas now has the worst offense in Division I-A football. The Jayhawks' 48-yard performance Saturday against Nebraska dropped them into last place.
At No. 112, Kansas is averaging 199.5 yards a game.
In comparison, Northern Illinois, which ranks No. 111, averages 217.5 yards a game. Nebraska remains No. 1 with an average of 502 yards a game.
- Kansas is by far the worst offensive team in the Big 12 Conference. Baylor ranks above the Jayhawks nationally at No. 89 with 313 yards per game.
The game continued despite the seven-minute loss of light. The outage was caused by a blown transformer at 11th and Tennessee streets.
second quarter, the northwest and southeast lights at Memorial Stadium went out. The northeast and southwest lights remained on.
Allen said he had been concerned about the players and about possible injuries during the darkened conditions. But Allen said the outage may have helped calm the Kansas defense.
"It was 21-0 at that time, and I think we really settled down after that."
Despite the loss, Royal was proud of his performance.
"I feel great, even though we lost," he said. "You can't help but feel great because everybody worked so hard."
Cornhuskers get wet win
Weather, darkness can't help 'Hawks
By Kristie Blasi
kblasi@kanans.com
Sports editor
No. 1 Nebraska is the only undefeated team in the Big 12 Conference after defeating Kansas 35-0 Saturday night in Memorial Stadium.
The 49-degree temperature, gusty wind and light rain made playing conditions nasty — especially for the offenses.
Another complication in playing conditions occurred when the lights darkened in the second quarter. Nebraska held a 21-0 advantage after two touchdowns.
"I'm kind of glad this one's over," he said. "Obviously, the weather conditions were not that good."
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said he was glad to get out of Kansas with a victory and no serious injuries.
The Jayhawks showed signs of life after the intermission although they still trailed 21-0. Kansas returned the second-half kickoff to the 16 yard line and then recorded its first two downs of the game before punting. The Nebraska defense never allowed the Kansas offense into Nebraska territory.
"Kansas does not have the most highly touted offense," said Nebraska defensive lineman Grant Wistrom. "We had great pressure on the quarterback, which I'm proud of."
"Coach (Terry) Allen was very nice about it," Osborne said. "He was genuinely concerned about both teams. I said, 'Let's play' because I didn't want the players standing concerned."
Both coaches agreed to continue play after a seven-minute delay, and the lights were restored five minutes later.
runs by fullback Joel Mackovicka and one by quarterback Scott Frost.
Nebraska's defensive dominance was mirrored on offense, with the exception of the third quarter.
"We didn't do great on offense," Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost said of the season-low performance of 415 offensive yards. "We got it done ugly. They showed us some looks on defense, and it was really tough to throw the ball (because of the weather conditions). And that made it tough to run."
Nebraska's rushing attack accounted for all five touchdowns and 382 yards, but Osborne said that was not necessarily against the Cornhuskers' game plan.
The Cornhuskers were forced to punt on their first two possessions of the second half and then failed to convert a fourth-and-two play from the Kansas 15 yard line.
"Of course, we don't throw it a whole lot anyway," he said.
Nebraska returned to its earlier form in the fourth quarter with a 52-yard drive that ended with Frost's 14-yard touchdown run.
Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost is run out of bounds by Manolite Jones, but not before crossing the goal line for the first of his two touchdowns Saturday night. Photo by Geoff Krierer/KANSAN
"We showed a little character by
picking things up in the fourth quarter," Mackovicka said. "It was disappointing to come out (of)
halftime) that way. Luckily, we have such a great defense it made it a lot easier for us."
Extra-inning effort makes the Marlins champions
By Ben Walker The Associated Press
MIAMI — Edgar Renteria ended one of the most thrilling Game 7s ever, singling home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Florida Marlins their first World Series championship with a 3-2 win against the Cleveland Indians last night.
The Marlins, masters of the late-inning comeback, tied it at 2-2 in the ninth on Craig Counsell's sacrifice fly and then took advantage of second baseman Tony Fernandez's error to score the winning run. This
The 5-year-old Marlins became the youngest expansion team to win a championship, while adding more heartbreak to the nearly half-century of disappointment for the Indians.
Jay Powell pitched one inning for the victory. Charles Nagy, passed over in favor of rookie
A see-saw Series finished with the teams alternating wins for all seven games. Devoid of drama for the first six games, Game 7 packed an entire season's worth of thrills into one night that kept getting better.
marked just the third time in history that a Game 7 had gone to extra innings.
Jaret Wright for the Game 7
start. lost in relief.
Florida pitcher Livan Hernandez became just the second rookie to win the Series MVP award, joining Larry Sherry of Los Angeles in 1959. The trophy was even more special for the 22-year-old Hernandez, who Games 1 and 5, because his mother was allowed by Cuban officials to visit the United States for the final game.
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