PREVIOUS NUGGETS |
10.08.06: Jeff
Blake bows out of hall induction ... NCAA's tax status under
investigation ... North Dakota challenges NCAA mascot policy |
10.07.06: Amato
continues mastery of Seminoles ... ECU volleyball triumphs
at home over UAB ... Millican continues bid for spot on LPGA
Tour |
10.06.06: Big
Ten announces fines, reprimands ... Central Florida wins
late field goal battle ... Millican shoots 74 in qualifying
event |
10.05.06: Gold
captures ECU World Series with 8-7 win ... Tulsa runs past
Southern Miss ... Former ECU golfer Millican in LPGA
qualifying |
10.04.06: TV
exposure continues for C-USA teams ... Former UVa stars make
$1 million gift ... SMU takes two of three weekly league
honors |
10.03.06: Curry
to receive Stagg award ... Inspired by fallen teammate, Rice
whips Army ... ECU women's golf team finishes 11th |
10.02.06: Takeaways,
sacks mean good things for UVa ... Gators pull even with WVU
in Harris BCS poll ... Swofford presented with Homer Rice
Award ... Tulsa win streak continues at ECU's expense |
10.01.06: Cavs
blast Duke 37-0 in Durham ... Vols deal Memphis a resounding
defeat ... Pirate women's cross country wins meet |
09.30.06: Wave
home after record road trip ... NIT selection committee adds
two ... ECU women's golf gets underway |
09.29.06: NCAA
graduation rate inches higher ... ECU tennis alumni will
hold Oct. 7 reunion ... Tulane's return home to be televised |
09.28.06: ECU
rolls out Mini Pack deal on football tickets ... O'Leary
cites mistakes in loss to Southern Miss ... Finances major
factor in Bunting's status |
09.27.06: Struggling
Cavaliers face winless Duke ... Upon further review: Review
unwarranted ... ECU netters get singles wins in Port City |
09.26.06: ECU
diamond slate loaded with home games ... East Carolina 2007
Baseball Schedule ... Rice's Lloyd collapses at workout,
dies ... Golden Knights-Golden Eagles collision on TV ...
C-USA announces football players of week ... ECU gets tie in
women's soccer |
09.25.06: O'Brien:
Buckeyes, Auburn, USC, WVU tops ... Ohio State, Southern Cal
lead Harris BCS poll ... Blazers topped in OT for Bulldogs'
first win ... Tulsa edges Navy on blocked kick ... UTEP tops
East Carolina 3-0 in volleyball |
09.24.06: Clemson
recognizes 1981 national champs ... Ref gets assignment
involving Stoops family ... ECU volleyball falls at Tulane,
hosts UTEP |
09.23.06: ACC
football struggling despite expansion ... Cavs may have
found their quarterback ... Southern Miss freshman setting
records |
09.22.06: Pirate
baseball announces fall scrimmages ... Tulane football in
ESPN spotlight today ... Southern Miss AD will chair NCAA
group |
09.21.06: Holland
addresses crowd behavior ... WVU game at center of Pirate
Club weekend ... AFCA cuts ties with Hula Bowl |
09.20.06: Bad
officiating costs Oklahoma against Oregon ... ECU women's
hoops will travel to Cancun ... Pirate volleyball a shutout
winner over A&T |
09.19.06: Memphis
ousts defensive coordinator Dunn ... ECU's Kasey Ross earns
C-USA weekly honor ... Sept. TV calendar filling up for
C-USA teams |
09.18.06: Mountaineers
have some things to work on ... New Jersey will test prep
players for steroids ... ECU women's soccer falls 1-0 to
Penn |
09.17.06: Knife
trouble nothing new at Northern Colorado ... South Carolina
QB will rejoin team ... Pirate volleyball sweeps Grambling
State |
09.16.06: Yahoo
report says Bush accepted benefits ... Pirate volleyball
gets fourth shutout ... ECU women's soccer edged by Seahawks |
09.15.06: Amato
post-Akron comments fueling reactions ... Stabbed N.
Colorado punter watches team ... Pirate volleyball topped by
Herd |
09.14.06: NFL
rosters filled with C-USA alums ... Southern Miss coach
Bower calls Pack "scary" ... Rice goalkeeper McClintock gets
national honor |
09.13.06: Pirate
punter Dougherty on Guy watch list ... ECU golfers finish
ninth at Mid Pines ... East Carolina sweeps Campbell in
volleyball |
09.12.06: WVU,
Pirates to be shown on ESPN 2 ... UAB's Felder honored for
game- saving strip ... C-USA volleyball accolade for
Pirates' Krug |
09.11.06: Buckeye
cheerleader drinks, drives, hits veep ... Houston's Kolb
sets school mark in rout ... Krug sets ECU volleyball
assists mark |
09.10.06: Aundrae
Allison on Biletnikoff watch list ... SEC's artificial noise
penalties reinstated ... ECU volleyball falls to North
Florida |
09.09.06: UAB
focuses on covering Aundrae Allison ... Ga. Southern mourns
death of Erk Russell ... Shelby named to ECU women's hoops
staff |
09.08.06: NCAA's
Brand calls for 80 percent grad rate ... ECU women's soccer
gets regional ranking ... Soccer Buzz recognizes ECU's
Nicole Moore ... Pirates get volleyball sweep over UNCW |
09.07.06: Tigers,
Pack, Deacs highlight ECU hoops slate ... Record contradicts
Tressel's poll vote claim ... Winston- Salem State coach
gets extension |
09.06.06: Holland
featured speaker at power lunch ... College games shorter
after rule changes ... Full day in
C-USA includes Pirates vs. Blazers ... C-USA names football
players of the week |
09.05.06: Holtz
discusses loss to Navy, challenge at UAB ... UAB pleased
with performance vs. Sooners ... U of L's Bush has surgery
for broken leg |
09.04.06: Ole
Miss survives Memphis in Sunday opener ... Blazers narrowly
miss upset bid at Oklahoma ... Early showdown tonight for
'Canes, 'Noles ... Cavaliers turn back Pirates in volleyball
final |
09.03.06: NCAA
president Brand at Elon on Wednesday ... Pirate volleyball
2-0 after topping Georgetown ... National honor for Memphis
soccer player |
09.02.06: Miners
prevail over Aztecs in season opener ... East Carolina has
Wright stuff in volleyball ... ECU women's soccer gets
another shutout |
09.01.06: UAB
game off limits to Peterson's Dad ... Tulsa rolls past
Stephen F. Austin in opener ... Pirates announce nine
women's track signees |
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News Nuggets, 10.09.06
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Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Buckeyes, Trojans, Gators top Harris Poll
From staff reports and a
HarrisInteractive.com release
Ohio State collected 112 of 114
first-place votes in this week’s Harris Interactive
College Football Poll, the third for the 2006 college football
season. Southern Cal, Florida, Michigan and West Virginia round out the top
5.
The poll, commissioned by the Bowl
Championship Series, ranks the Top 25 teams and is compiled from ballots submitted by Harris Interactive’s panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and
current and former media. For this week’s poll, 114 panelists, including Bonesville
columnist Denny O'Brien, submitted their top 25 college football team
rankings. (Click
here to view O'Brien's ballot.)
Oct. 8 Harris Interactive
College Football Poll
Rank Team (1st Place
Votes) Record Points Prev
1. Ohio State (112)
6-0 2,848 1
2. Southern Cal (1)
5-0 2,621 2
3. Florida (1)
6-0 2,599 5
4. Michigan
6-0 2,557 4
5. West Virginia
5-0 2,434 5
6. Texas
5-1 2,246 8
7. Louisville
5-0 2,181 7
8. Tennessee
5-1 1,959 13
9. Notre Dame
5-1 1,917 12
10. Auburn
5-1 1,728 3
11. California
5-1 1,712 16
12. Clemson
5-1 1,499 15
13. Iowa
5-1 1,244 18
14. Georgia
5-1 1,150 10
15. Georgia Tech
5-1 1,084 20
16. Louisiana State
4-2 1,035 9
17. Missouri
6-0 914 23
18. Virginia Tech
4-1 855 19
19. Nebraska
5-1 830 21
20. Oregon
4-1 822 11
21. Boise State
6-0 803 22
22. Arkansas
4-1 532 NR
23. Oklahoma
3-2 430 14
24. Rutgers
5-0 416 24
25. Boston College
4-1 204 25
Number of first place votes in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes [records in
brackets]: Wisconsin [5-1] 194; Florida State [3-2] 54; Penn State [4-2] 32;
Pittsburgh [5-1] 30; Washington [4-2] 26; UCLA [4-1] 22; Texas Christian
[3-2] 18; Brigham Young [4-2] 15; Navy [5-1] 11; Wake Forest [5-1] 9; N.C.
State [3-2] 6; Texas Tech [4-2] 5; Tulsa [4-1] 4; Miami, FL [3-2] 3; South
Carolina [4-2] 1.
Dropped out of the Top 25: Florida State [3-2].
Denny O'Brien's Harris Poll ballot

Bonesville columnist Denny O'Brien is a member of the
2006 voting panel
for the Harris Interactive College Football Poll,
commissioned by the Bowl Championship Series. O'Brien is
also the editor of The Pirates' Chest, a senior
writer for Bonesville Magazine and co-host of WNCT-AM
Talk 1070's Game Day Countdown Show.
O'Brien's ballot for
this season's third Harris Poll,
which was released Sunday by
Harris Interactive:
O'BRIEN'S
TOP 25 1.
Ohio State
2. Florida
3. West Virginia
4. Michigan
5. Southern Cal
6. Louisville
7. Texas
8. Notre Dame
9. Tennessee
10. California
11. Auburn
12. Clemson
13. Arkansas
14. Georgia Tech
15. Iowa
16. Georgia
17. Missouri
18. Nebraska
19. Boise State
20. Louisiana State
21. Oregon
22. Oklahoma
23. Virginia Tech
24. Rutgers
25. Wisconsin |
THIS WEEK'S UPS AND
DOWNS
Checking
In:
Arkansas (13), Wisconsin (25)
Checking
Out:
Florida State, Texas Christian
Biggest
Jump:
Arkansas
Biggest
Plunge:
Auburn |
View this week's full Harris Poll.
Gators
continue success in Swamp
The fifth-ranked Florida Gators football
team celebrated homecoming in fine fashion on Saturday with a 23-10 victory
over ninth-ranked LSU (4-2/1-2 SEC) in front of 90,714 fans at Ben Hill
Griffin Stadium, according to a Florida athletic media relations release.
The second-largest crowd in school history
watched the Orange and Blue emerge successful on homecoming for the
18th-straight time. Florida improved to 6-0 overall for the first time since
1996 and raised its Southeastern Conference mark to 4-0 with its eighth
consecutive victory dating back to last season and its 13th win in a row in
The Swamp.
Freshman Tim Tebow threw the first two
touchdown passes of his career and the UF defense collected three
interceptions, two by junior cornerback Ryan Smith, recovered two fumbles
and tallied a safety. Senior Chris Leak was 17-of-26 for 155 yards as
Florida totaled 288 yards of offense.
Pirates
stun Memphis in volleyball
The East Carolina volleyball team won its
second straight match, defeating Conference USA opponent Memphis 3-1 (30-28,
20-30, 30-28, 30-23) on Sunday afternoon in Minges Coliseum.
ECU improves to 12-9, 3-4 in C-USA while
Memphis drops to 16-4, 3-3 in C-USA, according to an ECU athletic media
relations release.
Junior Kelley Wernert led the Pirates with
17 kills while Melissa Zentner added 16. Mignon Dubenion tallied 10 kills in
the win. Trish Monroe led the team defensively, with 11 digs while Hannah
Fenker added 10. Setter Heidi Krug recorded 47 assists on the day.
The Pirates return to action at 7 p.m. on
Friday at Southern Mississippi. ECU will then travel to Orlando, FL, for a 1
p.m. match against Central Florida on Sunday.
ECU women's
soccer shuts out Herd
The East Carolina women's soccer team
notched its first Conference USA win of the season with a 5-0 shutout of
Marshall at a damp and chilly Bunting Field on Friday afternoon, according
to an ECU athletic media relations release.
Freshman Amy Szilard scored twice for the
Lady Pirates while Tara Shaw, Jami Dickerson and Madison Keller also tallied
goals. Freshman Sarah Kirkley contributed three assists in the win. The Lady
Pirates outshot the Herd 11-6 with eight of the team's shots coming in the
second half. Keeper Amber Campbell's fourth shutout of the season moved her
into second place all-time on ECU's shutout chart.
The scoreless first half featured little
action as both teams tried to adjust to the wet playing surface. ECU
improved its record to 6-5-2 overall and 1-1-1 in league play.
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published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
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