SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
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The last time Temple started 3-0. The Owls reached that mark with a 30-16 win over Connecticut, their first win over a team from a BCS conference since 2004.
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Average yards per carry—on only 14 attempts—for Oregon RB LaMichael James in a 69-0 win over Portland State. James also rushed for two touchdowns in very limited action.
STAROFTHEDAY Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
Mallett threw for 380 yards and three touchdowns in the No. 12 Razorbacks’ 31-24 win over Georgia, none more important than his 40-yard scoring pass to Greg Childs with 15 seconds left. “This is a really surreal feeling,” Mallett said. “This is something I’ve never experienced before. This has got to be one of the greatest moments I’ve felt since I’ve played the game of football. It so rarely comes down to the wire like this. . . . Now I know how it feels to get the win.” Mallett will be in the spotlight next weekend when Arkansas hosts No. 1 Alabama.
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Denard Robinson also had 104 yards rushing and a touchdown to help theWolverines avoid the upset against Massachusetts.
Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan Saturday Season
Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas Saturday Season
Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State Saturday Season
Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State Saturday Season
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“It must be hard to do. We’ve been throwing the ball all over the place at Ohio State for a lot of years.”
—Jim Tressel, coach of the usually run-happy Buckeyes, on Terrelle Pryor’s passing totals
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Mids find balance
on offense Dobbs passes early, runs late as Navy
tops Louisiana Tech ASSOCIATED PRESS
ruston, la.—RickyDobbs had a career day as a passer and Navy’s option attack provided three second-half touchdowns to help the Midshipmen rally for a 37-23 win at Louisiana Tech on Saturday night. Dobbs threwfor 219 yards, but
Navy (2-1) went to its ground game after trailing, 23-16, at halftime. Dobbs led Navy to 239 yards rushing in the second half, almost all of that on three long touchdownmarches. Dobbs’s 1-yard touchdown
capped a 73-yard march on the opening drive of the second half. He has scored at least one rush- ing touchdown in all 16 of his career starts. After Dobbs temporarily left
the game, backup quarterback Kriss Proctor capped a 54-yard marchwith a seven-yard run that gaveNavy a 30-23 lead late in the third quarter. The Midshipmen then
marched 81 yards, all on the ground, and Vince Murray scored on a 17-yard run to help seal the win. The Bulldogs (1-2) scored on
five straight possessions to end the first half. The Midshipmen avoided a
repeat of the near disastrous start from last season’s 32-14 victory over the Bulldogs. In that game, Navy had to rally from a 14-0 deficit before pulling away. It was Navy’s first trip to
Ruston and 14th game in the state of Louisiana. The Midship- men are now 3-10-1 all-time in the state, with one win against Tulane and one against Missis- sippi in the 1955 Sugar Bowl. Navy will take next weekend
off before visiting Air Force on Oct. 2 and going to Wake Forest on Oct. 9.
Wilson emerges in Hokies’ first win
Running back plays pivotal role as Va. Tech comes from behind
BY MARK GIANNOTTO
blacksburg, va. — When he agreed with his coaches not to redshirt this year and instead play alongside sophomore Ryan Williams and junior Darren Ev- ans in the Virginia Tech back- field, sophomore running back David Wilson did so under the impression that he would get meaningful touches. But after getting on the field
for just 11 plays in the Hokies’ first twogames, Wilson was frus- trated and said as much to re- porters. On Saturday against East Carolina, though, the Dan- ville, Va., native got his wish. With Williams on crutches be-
cause of a first-half hamstring injury and Evans’s confidence shakenfollowing a fumbleonthe Hokies’ third play after halftime, Wilson sparked Virginia Tech to a come-from-behind 49-27 victo- ry over the Pirates with two touchdown runs in the second half. The Hokies came back from
deficits of 10-0, 17-7 and 27-21 to avoid their first 0-3 start since 1987. Wilson finished with 115 total yards (89 rushing, 26 re- ceiving), but perhaps more im- portant, a new outlook on his role. “It wasn’t really about me get-
ting carries, it was just hard for me to watch,” Wilson said of his limited playing time in the Hok- ies’ first two games. “I was just frustrated — anybody would be —but I gotmy opportunity and I took advantage of it. We’ll see how the rest of the season goes.” Wilson’s exploits weren’t the
only bright spot for the sellout crowd of 66,233 at Lane Stadi- um. While Wilson showed off why he was a top recruit two years ago, the Hokies’ defense, which features seven new start- ers, finally began to resemble the unit that has been so stout in recent seasons. After allowing East Carolina
to rack up 278 yards before half- time, Virginia Tech’s defense shut the door in the second half, allowing just three points and 84 yards. Cornerback Rashad Carmi- chael(GwynnParkHigh)wasthe
star during the drastic turn- around. With the Hokies cling- ing to a 35-27 lead early in the fourth quarter and East Carolina driving, the fifth-year senior jumped a route by the Pirates’ Justin Jones for an interception and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown. On East Carolina’s next drive, Carmichael sealed the victory with another interception, this time making a catch over his shoulder. It was sweet redemp- tion for the Clinton native after a
first half that featured several pass interference calls, including one that set up a Pirates touch- down. The Hokies also got more ag-
gressive in the second half, blitz- ing linebackers up the middle of East Carolina’s offensive line. VirginiaTech finished with three sacks. “I feel like we grew up as a
team today,” Carmichael said. “You could feel the chemistry.” In anticipation of East Caroli- na’s high-octane “Air Raid” of-
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downs and a field goal on their five drives in the first half. Quar- terback Dominique Davis fin- ished the game with 251 yards passing and 34 yards rushing, while wide receiverDwayneHar- ris had 10 catches for 119 yards. Much of that, though, came be- fore halftime, when the Pirates entered the locker room with a 24-21 lead. But Wilson gave the Hokies a
chance to redeem themselves. His first touchdown run, a three- yard scamper in which he juked past two different East Carolina defenders, provided Virginia Tech a 28-27 lead it would never relinquish. He followed that up with an eight-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. Wilson also had a 17-yard run in the first half that set up the Hokies for their first touchdown of the game. Evans led the team with 91
yards rushing and got his first touchdown since the 2009 Or- ange Bowl on an afternoon where Virginia Tech gained 249 yards on the ground and aver- aged 6.1 yards per carry. It was earlier in the week,
though, after Wilson’s frustra- tions became public, that run- ning backs coach Billy Hite and offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring had a talk with their perplexed sophomore. They reassured him about
STEVE HELBER/ASSOCIATED PRESS “I gotmy opportunity and I took advantage of it,” said David Wilson, who had been stuck on the bench.
fense, defensive coordinator Bud Foster made several changes to his starting lineup. With sopho- more cornerback Jayron Hosley suspended for violating team policy, freshman Kyle Fuller got his first career start. The Hokies also opened in a nickel defense and often played with just three defensive linemen to combat the Pirates’ dynamic passing attack. In the first half, though, those
changes were rendered moot. The Pirates seemed to move the ball at will, getting three touch-
their intentions for using him this season. The plan, according to Wilson,wasforhimtobemore involved this week even before Williams went down with an injury. And after quarterback Ty- rod Taylor (8 of 16 for 199 yards and two touchdowns) found wide receiver Jarrett Boykin for a 69-yard touchdown pass to cap off a 448-yard day for the Virgin- ia Tech offense, there was little doubt that Wilson’s days playing third wheel are numbered. “There’s never been any doubt
in our belief that David Wilson was a big-time player,” said Beamer, who admitted after- wards the win was a relief after beginning the season 0-2. “You’re close to being a good
football team, but you’ve just got a sick feeling in your stomach. . . . We needed a win around here.”
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Howard is ‘disastrous on all fronts’ as losing streak now stands at 10 games 50 7
BY KATHY ORTON It was hard to find much posi-
tive to take away from Howard’s 50-7 loss to Florida A&M on Saturday afternoon at Greene Stadium. The Bison threw an intercep-
tion, lost a fumble and had a punt blocked—andthatwasjust in the first half. To make matters worse, all three of those miscues led to touchdowns for the Rattlers. “We didn’t play well, didn’t
play well in any phase — offen- sively, defensively, special teams,” Howard Coach Carey Bailey said. “Was disastrous on all fronts.Was not a good day.” Howard (0-3, 0-2 Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference) hasnowlost 10 in a row, dating to last season. The Bison’s last win came 111/2 months ago, a 7-3 victory over Winston-Salem State on Oct. 3. Their MEAC losing streak is even worse. Howard’s last conference win came Oct. 27, 2007, a string of 20 consecutive league losses. Florida A&M’s sixth consecu-
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Florida A&M’s QierHall takes off for a touchdown after recovering a fumbled pitch fromHoward quarterback Casey Council, right.
tive win against the Bison was as lopsided as last year’s 48-10 victo- ry. The Rattlers (2-1, 2-0) have outscored Howard, 243-101, in the last six meetings. The Bison’s only score in the
game came in the second quarter. Junior college transfer Justin Duncan, filling in for the injured Terrence Leffall (foot), broke through for a 52-yard gain that moved Howard to the Florida A&M 17-yard line. Three plays later, Duncan scored on a two- yard run. Duncan finished with 102
yards on 16 carries, becoming the first 100-yard rusher for Howard sinceNovember 2006. “I had to keep going hard,”
Duncan said. “After that long run, the touchdown was kind of like a dessert. I was kind of expecting to get the touchdown.” Once again, the Bison stuck
with the run, rarely deviating from the strategy. Until quarter- back Jarad Dorsey came into the game late in the third quarter, Howard had run the ball on 33 of 40 plays. Overall, the Bison ran the ball on 41 of their 54 offensive plays. One of the reasons Howard continues to be so one-dimen- sional is its unstable quarterback situation. Casey Council started the game.His first pass was inter-
FLORIDA A&M HOWARD
cepted and set up Florida A&M’s first touchdown. Council ran for 33 yards and completed 2 of 7 passes for eight yards before leav- ing with a sprained jaw. Dorsey, who hadn’t played since the sea- son opener against Holy Cross because of an unspecified injury, was sacked and fumbled the ball on his first play of the game, but came back to throw back-to-back complete passes on the next se- ries.
Dorsey lasted until 51/2 minutes
remained in the game. He was replaced by Terry Bradden, who didn’t complete any of his four pass attempts. “That’s a position which we are
extremely beat up at,” Bailey said. “It really boils down to, one, who is the healthiest, and two, who can effectively run the offense to give us a chance to win.” When asked if the quarterback
woes were the reason talented wide receiver Willie Carterwasn’t getting the ball more — Carter caught only one pass for six yards and barely had the ball thrown his way — Bailey said, “Absolute- ly.”
The Bison held theirownin the
first quarter. Twoplays after Flor- idaA&Mhad a touchdown called back because of a holding penalty, Jermell Ellis intercepted a pass by
Martin Ukpai on the 6-yard line to kill the Rattlers’ drive. Howard couldn’t capitalize on
Ukpai’s miscue, however. Before the Bison could put together a drive, Council threw an intercep- tion. Two plays later, Florida A&Mtook advantage ofHoward’s mistake by scoring on Lonvontae Page’s three-yard run. The game got away from the
Bison in the second quarter. Ed- die Rocker caught a pass along the right sideline then sprinted to the end zone for a 78-yard score that put the Rattlers ahead, 14-0. After Howard’s defense forced
FloridaA&Mto turn the ball over on downs, three plays into the Bison’s drive, Council lost the ball. It popped into the waiting armsofQierHall,whoreturned it 30 yards for a touchdown. Alphonso Walker blocked a
punt by Bryan Jackson and recov- ered on the Howard 8. Two plays later,Page scored again to put the Rattlers up 27-7 going into half- time. “We cannot make mistakes,”
Bailey said. “We’re not there yet. We’re not a football team that can make mistakes and put ourselves in positions that other teams have the opportunity to capital- ize.”
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