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News Nuggets, 11.17.03
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
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Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
College football weekend:
The good, the bad, the ugly
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11.16.03: Game
briefs from around Conference USA... .. Main cog in
Cardinals' ground game out of action... .. North Texas locks
in bowl bid versus C-USA foes... ..
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11.15.03: Saturday
TV capsule: N.C. State at Florida State... .. Snapshot of
the Heisman chase... .. Signing Day nets three for Lady
Pirates... ..
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11.14.03: Tackling
books gains recognition for Rimpf, Hourigan... .. Parker
shines in midseason scrimmage... .. Pirates ring up another
exhibition hoops rout... .. Boy Scouts join USM in Battle
for the Bell... .. Surgery no problem for Deacs' Downey in
win over Memphis... ..
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11.13.03: Pirates
welcome Holcomb-Faye and Stars... .. Deacs limp into Garden
to face Memphis... .. Heisman chase still motivates Rivers... ..
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11.12.03: Billikens
bolt on heels of 49ers... .. Revived Clemson takes lesson to
heart... .. Seven C-USA, Carolinas teams land in preseason
basketball rankings... ..
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11.11.03: C-USA
wins academic realignment war... .. 49ers headed to A-10,
Billikens set to follow... .. Coach of beleaguered UCF
football program dismissed... ..
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11.10.03: College
football weekend: The good, the bad, the ugly... ..
Conference USA standings, scores and schedule... ..
Associated Press writers and USA Today/ESPN coaches polls... ..
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11.09.03: Game
briefs from around C-USA... .. Charlotte hoops teams invite
fans 'Uptown'... .. Lengthy absence expected for Tar Heel
forward... ..
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11.08.03: Homecoming
Saturday: Hoops and football from 11 a.m. 'til... .. SEC
makes 11th hour change in tiebreaker... .. Army can salvage
season starting now... .. Clemson vs. Florida State TV
capsule... ..
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11.07.03: Bulls'
road to postseason eligibility goes through Greenville... ..
Rouse leads ECU rout of international team... .. Suspensions
keep on coming at UCF... .. Arkansas hogties 'Cocks, then
rests... .. Reunion of Bowdens no merry affair... ..
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SATURDAY STAR:
P.J. Daniels, Georgia Tech, ran for a
career-high 240 yards in a 41-24 win over North Carolina.
WORKING OVERTIME: Leon Washington's
12-yard touchdown run gave No. 13 Florida State a 50-44 double-overtime
victory over North Carolina State. ... No. 4 Ohio State beat No. 11 Purdue
16-13 in overtime when Ben Jones missed a 36-yard field goal that would have
kept the game going. ... No. 12 Virginia Tech beat Temple 24-23 in overtime
when the Owls' Jared Davis missed an extra point.
CHAMPIONS: No. 13 Florida State
wrapped up its 11th Atlantic Coast Conference title in 12 years, beating
North Carolina State 50-44 in double overtime. ... Penn beat Harvard 32-24
to win its second consecutive Ivy League championship.
BLOWOUTS: East Tennessee State beat
Chattanooga 68-7. It was the most points in school history for the Bucs,
whose school president has canceled the football program effective after
this season for budget reasons.
NOT-SO-SWEET HOME: Notre Dame beat
BYU 33-14 to avoid losing four home games in a season for the just the
second time ever. The Irish allowed a record 168 points at home this season
and were outscored at Notre Dame Stadium by 49 points, the first time they
have been outscored at home since 1963. ... No. 18 Nebraska lost to Kansas
State 38-9. It was the Wildcats' first victory in Lincoln since 1968, and
the Cornhuskers' worst loss at Memorial Stadium since a 31-0 setback against
Missouri in 1958.
STREAKS: No. 10 TCU won its 12th
straight game, 43-10 over Cincinnati. ... Colgate extended the nation's
longest winning streak to 17 with a 14-3 victory over Fordham. The win also
gave Colgate 11 wins in a season for the first time. ... No. 1 Oklahoma won
its 12th straight game, 41-3 over Baylor. ... No. 15 Florida beat South
Carolina for the 13th straight time, 24-22. ... Houston beat Army 34-14, the
Black Knights' 13th straight loss. Army also lost at home for the 13th
straight time.
SNAPPED: Vanderbilt snapped the
nation's longest conference losing streak at 23 with a 28-17 victory over
Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky. ... Penn State's 52-7 victory over
Indiana broke a six-game losing streak, the school's longest since losing
seven straight in 1931.
STRONG IN DEFEAT: North Carolina
State's Philip Rivers completed 28 of 38 passes for 422 yards and four
touchdowns and ran for another score in the Wolfpack's 50-44 double-overtime
loss to No. 13 Florida State.
BOWL BOUND: North Texas accepted its
third straight invitation to the New Orleans Bowl after clinching the Sun
Belt Conference title with a 58-14 win over Arkansas State. The Mean Green
will face a Conference USA team in the Dec. 16 game.
SPEAKING: "It felt good off my foot.
Then I looked up ..." — Purdue's Ben Jones, whose miss on a 36-yard field
goal attempt gave No. 4 Ohio State a 16-13 overtime win over the No. 11
Boilermakers.
Conference USA standings, scores and
schedule
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Conference USA Standings,
Scores and Schedule (11.17.03)
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Game No. 10 Vitals: ECU vs. USF |
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STANDINGS
C-USA All
Team
W L W L
Texas Christian 7 0 10
0
Southern Miss 6 0
7 3
Memphis 4
2 7 3
South Florida 4 2
6 3
Louisville 3 3
7 3
Houston 3
3 6 4
UAB
3 3 4 6
Cincinnati 2 4
5 5
Tulane
2 5 4 7
East Carolina 1 5
1 9
Army
0 8 0 11
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SCORES:
SATURDAY, 11.15.03
Houston 34, Army 14
TCU 43, Cincinnati 10
Memphis 37, Louisville 7
Southern Miss 28, Tulane 14
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SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, 11.20.03
TCU at Southern Miss 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, 11.22.03
Cincinnati at Memphis 2:00 PM
Army at Hawaii 11:00 PM
East Carolina at Tulane 2:30 PM
Houston at Louisville 3:00 PM
UAB at South Florida 8:00 PM
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Associated Press writers and USA Today/ESPN coaches
polls
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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP
25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated
Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Nov. 15, total points based on 25 points for a
first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and
previous ranking:
[Conference USA & Carolinas teams
in BOLD]
(First-place votes) Record Points
Previous
1. OKLAHOMA (65) 11-0 1,625 1
2. SOUTHERN CAL 9-1 1,559 2
3. LOUISIANA ST 9-1 1,474 3
4. OHIO ST 10-1 1,431 4
5. MICHIGAN 9-2 1,356 5
6. GEORGIA 8-2 1,205 7
7. TEXAS 9-2 1,192 6
8. WASHINGTON ST 9-2 1,140 8
9. TENNESSEE 8-2 1,092 9
10. TEXAS CHRISTIAN 10-0 989 10
11. FLORIDA ST 9-2 918 13
12. VIRGINIA TECH 8-2 845 12
13. (tie) FLORIDA 8-3 842 15
13. (tie) MIAMI (FL) 8-2 842 14
15. MISSISSIPPI 8-2 805 17
16. PURDUE 8-3 683 11
17. IOWA 8-3 572 20
18. MIAMI (OH) 9-1 530 23
19. KANSAS ST 9-3 464 --
20. BOISE ST 9-1 330 24
21. PITTSBURGH 7-3 239 16
22. BOWLING GREEN 8-2 212 25
23. NEBRASKA 8-3 124 18
24. OKLAHOMA ST 8-3 118 --
25. WEST VIRGINIA 6-4 109 --
Others Receiving Votes:
MINNESOTA 105, MISSOURI 79,
ARKANSAS 58, UTAH 49, MARYLAND 37, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 24, MICHIGAN ST
19, WISCONSIN 18, OREGON ST 11, CONNECTICUT 10, SOUTHERN MISS 6,
NORTH CAROLINA ST 5, TEXAS TECH 5, CLEMSON 3.
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USA TODAY/ESPN
COACHES POLL
The top 25 teams in the USA
Today-ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, team's records through Nov. 15, points based on 25
points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place
vote and last week's ranking:
[Conference USA & Carolinas teams
in BOLD]
(First-place votes) Record Points
Previous
1. OKLAHOMA (63) 11-0 1,575 1
2. SOUTHERN CAL 9-1 1,506 2
3. LOUISIANA ST 9-1 1,428 3
4. OHIO ST 10-1 1,389 4
5. MICHIGAN 9-2 1,311 5
6. GEORGIA 8-2 1,202 6
7. TEXAS 9-2 1,145 7
8. WASHINGTON ST 9-2 1,094 8
9. TEXAS CHRISTIAN 10-0 1,034 9
10. FLORIDA ST 9-2 967 11
11. TENNESSEE 8-2 936 13
12. VIRGINIA TECH 8-2 883 12
13. MIAMI (FL) 8-2 864 14
14. FLORIDA 8-3 695 18
15. MISSISSIPPI 8-2 659 19
16. PURDUE 8-3 632 10
17. IOWA 8-3 595 20
18. KANSAS ST 9-3 409 25
19. MIAMI (OH) 9-1 400 24
20. BOISE ST 9-1 382 23
21. (tie) MINNESOTA 9-3 245 17
21. (tie) PITTSBURGH 7-3 245 16
23. NEBRASKA 8-3 228 15
24. OKLAHOMA ST 8-3 122 --
25. BOWLING GREEN 8-2 117 --
Others Receiving Votes:
UTAH 65, WEST VIRGINIA 62, MISSOURI
50, MARYLAND 45, OREGON ST 39, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 35, WISCONSIN 30,
MICHIGAN ST 22, NORTH CAROLINA ST 16, SOUTHERN MISS 11,
ARKANSAS 9, CLEMSON 7, LOUISVILLE 4, MEMPHIS 4,
OREGON 3, TOLEDO 3, CONNECTICUT 2, FRESNO ST 2, TEXAS TECH 2, NORTH
TEXAS 1.
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