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Murray leads Sooners past Longhorns 28-20
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DALLAS — Landry Jones threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns. DeMarco Murray ran for two scores on hurry-up plays and No. 8 Oklahoma survived another fourth-quarter swoon Saturday to hand No. 21 Texas its second straight loss, 28-20 in the Red River Rivalry.
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The Sooners (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) jumped out to a two-touchdown lead in the first quarter, then got bailed out by a muffled punt late for a second straight week. The Longhorns had scored 10 straight points and were set to get the ball back in the final 62 seconds when Aaron Williams dropped the punt and James Winchester recovered it to let Oklahoma run out the clock.
Two plays earlier, lared Norton had a chance to give Texas (3-2, 1-1) the ball inside the Oklahoma 10 but instead knocked Jones'
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The Longhorns lost back toback games for the first time since 2007, following a surprising 34-12 loss at home to UCLA last week.
Making his rivalry debut, Garrett Gilbert struggled to get the Longhorns' offense moving until mounting a late charge against an Oklahoma team that had been out-
scoed 41-10 in the fourth quarter coming in.
Gilbert connected with M a l c o l m Williams on a 40-yardpass,but the Longhorns had to settle for a field goal after getting inside the 10 for the
at the 6, and seemed poised to get one last chance to tie the game when Williams fumbled — just like Cincinnati's D.J. Woods did late to help the Sooners come away with a 31-29 win last week.
It was the last in a line of key mistakes that led to Texas' downfall, mostly in the form of untimely penalties by the defense. Three of
Oklahoma sped out to a 21-7 lead, scoring three touchdowns before the Longhorns even had that many first downs.
second time in the second half Texas then stopped Oklahoma on three plays, including Jones' fumble that rolled out of bounds
Landry Jones fumble was wiped away because he lined up offside. Oklahoma added to its lead when Murray went 20 yards for a score on a hurry-up play, three snaps after Jackson Jeffcoat drew a personal foul for showing an Oklahoma player down after the Sooners had failed to pick up a third-and-29.
Oklahoma's four scoring drives were extended by Texas penalties on third down, and the Longhorns also had a fumble recovery in the red zone erased after a flag.
all over, Oklahoma defensive captain Travis Lewis trapted around the south end zone of the Cotton Bowl filled with crimson-clad fans
Oklahoma used its hurry up offense to score on Murray's 18-yard run around left end before the Longhorns had set up on defense.
The Sooners won for only the second time in the last six years in front of the 65th straight sellout in the series, matching last year's record attendance of 96,009.
defense. Oklahoma struck again with a 75-yard scoring march after Texas opened with a three-and-out, and freshman Kenny Stills made a nifty over-the-shoulder catch on Jones 16-year TD pass to make it 14-0.
When it was
Texas needed a fake punt to drive into the Sooners' territory for the first time on its opening drive of the second half. Linebacker Ryan Roberson took the snap and barely picked up 3 yards — close enough that Stoops challenged it — to gain the first down, and Gilbert hit James Kirkendell for a 44-yard gain on the next play to set up Ryan Tucker's 22-yard field goal that made it 21-10.
with the Golden Hat Trophy tilted atop his head.
Gilbert finished with 265 yards on 27-for-41 passing with no touchdowns. Until the wild finish, Oklahoma was in control from the start.
taken to pitch up and Oklahoma sped out to a 21-7 lead, scoring three touchdowns before the Longhorns even had that many first downs.
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The Longhorns lost a chance to get even closer three plays later, when Eddie Jones' recovery of a
Giants secure playoff place with 3-0 win against Padres
Sanchez's pitching gives Giants NL West title, matchup with Braves
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SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Sanchez pulled on a pair of ski goggles to assure himself a clear view of the celebration. No champagne eyes.
eyes. The San Francisco Giants held their celebratory clubhouse party, at last, following a tough two-day wait.
Sanchez pitched the Giants back into the playoffs after a six-year absence and also provided a clutch hit, beating the San Diego Padres 3-0 Sunday to wrap up the NL West title.
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"I told myself. "This is my last start and I'm going to win this game." Sanchez said.
"It's been seven years since we've
Buster Posey homered and the Giants got it done — on their third try against the Padres this weekend — to capture their first division crown and playoff berth since 2003.
seen something like this," closer Brian Wilson said. "It's been a rollercoaster the entire season."
San Francisco will host the wildcard Atlanta Braves starting Thursday at AT&T Park, with ace Tim Lincecum well rested to go in Game 1. The Braves beat the Phillies 8-7 earlier in the day, extending manager Bobby Cox's farewell season.
Two NL playoff races came down to Game 162.
San Diego missed a chance to force a Monday playoff with the Giants at Petco Park to decide the NI West winner. The loser of that would have flown to Atlanta to determine the wild card had there been a three-way tie.
When it did, the Giants let loose. Pablo Sandoval and other Giants waved orange towels atop the dugout steps after Wilson's first two
Manager Bruce Bochy instructed his players not to pack any bags. He told them the regular season would end Sunday.
pitches were strikes to Will Venable with two outs in the ninth.
When Venable struck out swinging one pitch later, Posey ran out to Wilson and they jumped together at the mound. The rest of the Giants joined them and gray NL West champion shirts were quickly handed out.
The Giants then took a victory lap along the outfield warning track, slapping hands with fans leaning over the fence. Bochy brought up the rear of the lap, tipping his cap and waving it over and over again.
"Its a group that coalesced into a team that wants to get there," said Bochy, who eliminated his former team.
Padres players stayed put at the railing of their dugout watching the celebration in disappointment.
The Giants were in fourth place and 71/2 games out of the lead on July 4.
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poll on Sunday. Meanwhile, for the first time in 10 years, Texas fell out of the Top 25. Two more traditional powers tumbled from the rankings, too, with Penn State and Southern California joining the Longhorns in the others receiving votes.
After running away from Stanford, Oregon jumped over Boise State and into No.3 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday.
The top two spots in the rankings remained unchanged. Alabama is No.1 and Ohio State is No.2, just the way it's been since the preseason.
week.
Oregon fell behind 21-3 in the first quarter against Stanford on Saturday night at home, but Darron Thomas and LaMichael James brought the Ducks zooming back for a 52-3 victory.
Ducks bounce Boise from No.3 in AP poll
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The Ducks lead the nation in scoring (56 points per game) and total offense (569 yards).
No. 4 Boise State spent the entire first month of the season ranked third, but the Broncos couldn't hold off the Ducks this week.
Stanford came into the game ranked No. 9, but fell seven spots this week.
Boise State remained unbeaten with a 59-0 victory against winless league rival New Mexico
State, but it appears the lack of respect for the Western Athletic Conference is already hurting the Broncos.
With a nonconference game against Toledo on Saturday, followed by meetings with WAC weaklings San Jose State and Louisiana Tech, it would seem that the Broncos could be stuck at No. 4 for a while unless one of those top three teams lose or struggle mightily with a weaker opponent.
The only team currently ranked on Boise State's remaining schedule is No. 21 Nevada. The Broncos visit the Wolf Pack on Nov. 26.
Alabama received a seasonhigh 58 first-place votes from the media panel after trouncing Florida 31-6. The Gators dropped seven spots to No. 14, their lowest ranking since they were 14th on Nov. 11, 2007.
Ohio State received one first-place vote and Boise State received the other. Oregon had 1,379 points and Boise State got 1,341.
TCU was No. 5 in the latest poll.
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The top five in the USA today coaches' poll was the same as the AP's top five.
No. 6 Oklahoma, Nebraska,
Auburn, Arizona and Utah round out the top 10 — a place where Texas has been a regular resident over the last decade under coach Mack Brown.
But the Longhorns lost their second straight game Saturday, 28-20 to Oklahoma, leaving them unranked for the first time since Oct.15,2000.Their streak of 162 consecutive weeks in the rankings was the longest active streak in the country.
Ohio State now has the longest streak at 90 straight poll appearances. Florida is second at 87 straight.
Texas hasn't lost three straight games since closing the 1999 season that way. The Longhorns have a week off before visiting Nebraska.
"We have two weeks of work." linebacker Eddie Jones said. "Work hard as a team, stay up, stay motivated and keep this heart and drive that we had today. We can go back out and win. We can change things around here."
Penn State also lost for the second time Saturday, dropping a 24-3 decision at Iowa. The Nittany Lions fell out of the rankings for the first time since October 2007.
For USC, a last-second loss to Washington started the Trojans fall last season. USC even dropped out of the rankings at the end of the 2009 regular season before finishing at No. 22.
Saturday's last-second 32-31 loss to Washington at the Los Angeles Coliseum pushed the Trojans out of the poll for the first time this season.
North Carolina State also fell out of the rankings after one week, following a 41-30 loss to Virginia Tech.