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TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
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Potts leaves game as Red Raiders pick up win
By Betsy Blaney Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas — Backup quarterback Steven Sheffield threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns to help lead Texas Tech to a 48-28 win over New Mexico on Saturday.
Taylor Potts, the nation's leading passer, left the game before halftime after two hard sacks appeared to affect his balance. Officials from Texas Tech (3-2) declined to comment on his injury.
Sheffield threw scoring passes of 25, 20 and 62 yards. He was 16 of 23 with one interception. Alex Torres, Detron Lewis and Harrison Jeffers caught the touchdowns.
Potts was intercepted twice, both by cornerback Nathan Enriquez.
The Lobos (0-5) got their only first-half score off Potts' second interception. Donovan Porterie threw a 7-yard TD pass to Josh Fussell in the second quarter.
The game capped a week of off-the-field distractions for both teams.
Red Raiders coach Mike Leach made
headlines when he indefinitely suspended Brandon Carter, a team captain and preseason All-America pick, for violating team rules following Texas Tech's 29-28 loss to No.12 Houston.Carter was in the stands for much of the game.
Leach also banned his players from using Twitter after learning Marlon Williams had tweeted about Leach being late to a team meeting.
For the Lobos, coach Mike Locksley is under investigation by the university following a Sept. 20 fight involving an assistant.
Receivers coach J.B. Gerald told police Locksley struck him during a staff meeting. Gerald hasn't been with the team since the incident.
At the outset, Texas Tech showed no signs of being distracted.
On its first possession, Potts threw a 79- yard pass to Tremain Swindall, who outran Lobos defenders to the 1 on the Red Raiders' longest play from scrimmage this season. Jeffers took the ball in on the next play to put Texas Tech up 7-0.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Aggies lose big against Razorbacks at home
By Jaime Aron Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ryan Mallett shook off a slow start and threw four touchdown passes to lead Arkansas to a 47-19 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night in the revival of their Southwest Conference rivalry.
Mallett misfired on his first three passes, was sacked twice and hadn't gotten a first down when the Razorbacks were trailing 10-0. Then the big sophomore hit Joe Adams for a 67-yard gain to start the next series, and Arkansas (2-2) was on its way to scoring 30 points by halftime. The Aggies (3-1) were never able to get back into it, and the Razorbacks never let up.
This "Southwest Classic" was the first of at least a 10-year series held at Cowboys Stadium in hopes of cashing in on recruiting and alumni riches in the Dallas area. The game drew 71,872 fans, but it didn't hold their attention for very long.
alum Jerry Jones. Many headed home by the middle of the fourth quarter, although enough Hogs fans remained to crank up a loud chant of "S-E-C! S-E-C!" in the final minutes.
The more lopsided the score got, the more folks went for long strolls to check out the $1.15 billion stadium built by Arkansas
Both teams saw this matchup of unranked-but-proud programs as a way to measure themselves. The Razorbacks were wondering if their two-game losing streak was a byproduct of playing two highly ranked SEC foes, and the Aggies were wondering if their 3-0 start and eye-popping statistics were the byproduct of playing three cupcakes.
Although he fell one TD pass shy of tying the school record he set two weeks ago, the poise he showed despite those awful first three possessions bodes well for Arkansas as it heads into the teeth of its SEC schedule. They get Auburn next, then play at Florida and at Ole Miss.
Mallett, a sophomore transfer from Michigan who won a high school title in Texas in 2006, finished 17-of-27 for 271 yards and an interception, while throwing touchdowns to four receivers.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE WAVE OCTOBER 9,2009