THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
SPORTS
3B
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
No.1 Ohio State drops No.2 Texas in preconference play
Eric Gav/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ohio State's Antonio Pittman is tackled by Texas safety Michael Griffin, left, and Marc Griffin in the first quarter of their football game in Austin, Texas, Saturday.
BY SHAWN SHROYER
(2) Texas 7, (1) Ohio State 24
The Good: Ohio State junior wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez had eight receptions, 142 yards and a touchdown.
The Interesting. Not only did the Longhorns lose for the first time in 22 games, they broke a string of 12 straight games of scoring at least 40 points.
(15) Oklahoma 37. Washington 20
The Bad: The Texas pass defense allowed 269 passing yards and had no interceptions.
The Good: Oklahoma senior quarterback Paul Thompson had 21 completions on 33 attempts, 272 yards and two touchdowns.
The Bad: Washington senior quarterback Isaiah Stanback completed only 9 of 22 passes for 139 yards.
The Interesting Oklahoma junior running back Adrian Peterson rushed for 165 yards, but in the first quarter he moved into sixth place on the all-time Oklahoma career rushing list. He also moved to 12th place on Oklahoma's career all-purpose yardage list.
(21) Nebraska 56, Nicholls State 7
The Good: Nebraska running backs, junior Kenny Wilson and sophomores Marlon Lucky and Cody Glenn — 38 combined carries, 229 yards, four touchdowns, and zero carriers for negative rushing yards.
The Bad: Nicholls State fumbled seven times,losing three. The Colonels also had no completions on three passing attempts.
The Interesting: Saturday was the 10th time in Nebraska history that an opponent failed to complete a pass. The last opponent that had zero passing yards against Nebraska was Oklahoma State in 1992.
(24) Texas Tech 38, UTEP 35 (OT)
The Good: Texas Tech sophomore quarterback Graham Harrell had 40 completions on 52 attempts, 376 yards, two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown.
The Bad: Despite forcing two turnovers, the Red Raider defense allowed 495 total yards and failed to record a single sack.
The Interesting: The overtime victory for Texas Tech was its first since 2002, when it beat Texas A&M 48-47.
Missouri 34, Mississippi 7.
The Good: Missouri sophomore quarterback Chase Daniel - 24 completions on 40 attempts for 243 yards, 91 rushing yards and two total touchdowns.
The Bad: Mississippi junior quarterback Brent Schaeffer completed 44.8 percent of his passes for just 90 yards, threw three interceptions and was sacked three times.
The Interesting: Missouri had 276 total yards of offense in the first half. Daniel was responsible for 242 of those yards.
Iowa State 16, UNLV 10,
The Good: Iowa State juniors linebacker Alvin Bowen and defensive back Jon Banks combined for 25 tackles, 14 solo, and 1.5 tackles for losses, helping hold UNLV to just 74 rushing yards.
The Bad: UNLV senior running back Erick Jackson had 11 carries for just 31 yards and no touchdowns.
The Interesting: Iowa State senior running back Stevie Hicks rushed for 109 yards, giving him 10 career 100-yard games and moving him into ninth place on the Iowa State all-time rushlist.
Texas A&M 51, Louisiana-Lafayette 7,
The Good: Texas A&M sophomore running back Jorvorskle Lane rushed for 52 yards and four touchdowns on 12 carries.
The Bad: The Louisiana-Lafayette offense accumulated just 171 two yards of offense, completing just two of 12 passes for 17 yards.
The Interesting: Texas A&M senior quarterback Ty Branyan saw spot duty in the game, completing three of four passes for 71 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown was his first since the fifth game of the 2004 season and the 71 passing yards were the most hed thrown for in a game since 2004.
Bavior 47. Northwestern State 10
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The Good: Baylor senior quarterback Shawn Bell had 25 completions on 41 attempts for 288 yards and four touchdowns.
The Bad: Northwestern State quarterback Ricky Joe Meeks threw three interceptions and was sacked twice.
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Arkansas State 7, Oklahoma State 35
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The Bad: Arkansas State had just 19 passing attempts, but its quarterbacks were sacked five times. Arkansas State running back Reggie Arnold gained 65 rushing yards, but 14 yards is rushes for negative yards, dropped his total to 51.
The Good: Oklahoma State freshmen Chris Collins and Andre Sexton combined for 15 tackles, eight solo, and 2.5 tackles for a loss.
The Interesting After two games, four Oklahoma State players have scored rushing touchdowns, matching the four Cowboys who scored rushing touchdowns all of last season.
The Interesting: Kansas State junior Justin McKinney returned the opening kickoff for an 88-yard touchdown. Kansas State hadn't returned an opening kickoff for a touchdown since 1936.
The Good: Senior running back Thomas Clayton gained 91 yards and scored a touchdown for Kansas State. Senior wide receiver Yamon Figurs and junior running back Terry Petrie needed just one carry apiece to combine for 70 yards and two touchdowns.
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The Bad: Florida Atlantic sophomore running back Charles Pierre carried the ball 14 times for 29 yards. The rest of the team combined for 28 carries and 30 yards.
Kansas State 45, Florida Atlantic 0
The Interesting: Going back to last season, Colorado has lost six straight games and is 0-2 to start a season for the first time since 2000
being sacked six times, Hanie completed 20 of 23 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown; he also rushed for a touchdown.
The Bad: Colorado offense - its 75 total rushing yards were impressive compared to 71 total passing yards and four sacks allowed.
Colorado 10. Colorado State 14
Edited by Catherine Odson
The Good: Colorado State junior quarterback Caleb Hanie — despite