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'One More Year': Jarrett stars for USC
Jan 1 2007 11:07PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Even before his uniform had come off, Dwayne Jarrett's teammates were lobbying him to wear it one more year. After the day he had in the Rose Bowl, it was easy to see why. Jarrett, the sensational Southern California junior, caught 11 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns to help the eighth-ranked Trojans finish their season with a statement Monday in a 32-18 romp over Michigan.
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Column: Michigan a BCS pretender
Jan 1 2007 10:59PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The drama was taken out of this Rose Bowl long before it was even played. So when yet another beautiful California day turned to dusk on Monday, only one thing was really settled in the Granddaddy of them all. The computers were right after all. Michigan didn't belong in a national championship game.
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Zabransky-James combo gives Broncos lead
Jan 1 2007 10:35PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Jared Zabransky threw two touchdown passes to Drisan James and No. 9 Boise State took a 21-10 lead over No. 7 Oklahoma at halftime of the Fiesta Bowl on Monday night.
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Badgers stop McFadden, win Capital One
Jan 1 2007 9:28PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - With its running game stifled and its quarterback under constant pressure, Wisconsin had little room for error against Arkansas in the Capital One Bowl. So when punter Ken DeBauche had a punt blocked in the second quarter of Wisconsin's 17-14 victory, the Badgers were in trouble _ until DeBauche picked up the loose ball, scrambled around and completed a pass.
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Brady Quinn not worrying about the NFL
Jan 1 2007 9:14PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Brady Quinn has one more college game to impress the NFL scouts, one more chance to show he's worthy of being the top pick in the draft. That's not exactly what he's focused on, though.
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Knight gets win No. 880, passing Smith
Jan 1 2007 8:32PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Bob Knight won 880 games doing things his way. And he sure celebrated it his way. Long appreciated for his strategy and long questioned for his methods, Knight added the crowning achievement to his Hall of Fame career by becoming the leader in Division I men's basketball victories when Texas Tech beat New Mexico 70-68 on Monday.
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Alabama's Davidson channels Abdul-Jabbar
Jan 1 2007 7:02PM (CT)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - At 6-foot-10 and 230 pounds, Jermareo Davidson has always been tough to stop inside. On Monday, he displayed something that could make it even harder for opponents to guard him. Davidson hit two sky hooks _ the signature shot of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar decades ago _ during the key second-half run in No. 8 Alabama's 70-55 victory over Oklahoma on Monday.
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Banged-up White rallies Mountaineers
Jan 1 2007 6:39PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Patrick White was bruised and determined with the Gator Bowl hanging in the balance. The quarterback played through ankle, hand and neck injuries to lead West Virginia back from an 18-point deficit in the second half for a 38-35 win over Georgia Tech on Monday.
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Winning ugly, Auburn takes Cotton Bowl
Jan 1 2007 5:39PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Even though only Auburn managed to beat two teams playing in the BCS, Tommy Tuberville never thought he had a great team this season. Imagine how good the No. 10 Tigers might be if they can find some consistent big playmakers.
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Paterno absent from sideline for bowl
Jan 1 2007 5:05PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Joe Paterno watched Penn State's 20-10 win over No. 17 Tennessee in the Outback Bowl from the press box Monday, the first time in his 41-year head-coaching career he was absent from the sideline for a bowl game.
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As Paterno watches, Penn State tops Vols
Jan 1 2007 4:34PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Joe Paterno insisted all along that he needed his players and assistant coaches more than they needed him in the Outback Bowl. Maybe the longtime Penn State coach was right. With Paterno watching from the press box while recovering from a broken leg, Tony Hunt ran for 158 yards and Tony Davis returned a fumble 88 yards for a touchdown Monday, leading the Nittany Lions to a 20-10 victory over No. 17 Tennessee.
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Cardinals looking to 'finish' at Orange
Jan 1 2007 4:15PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The message is getting old for fifth-ranked Louisville. Nearly every day during the past year, coach Bobby Petrino relentlessly has hit the Cardinals with the same refrain _ finish.
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Michigan, Southern Cal set for Rose Bowl
Jan 1 2007 11:03AM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Two of the top college football teams in the nation not playing for the national championship will hook up in a traditional Big Ten-Pac Ten, Rose Bowl matchup. Third-ranked Michigan and number-eight Southern California meet later today in Pasadena after late-season losses erased both of them from the title picture.
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Marquette rolls to 12th straight victory
Jan 1 2007 4:40AM (CT)
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - Krystal Ellis scored 26 of her career-high 33 points in the first half to help No. 20 Marquette win its 12th straight game, 80-63 over South Dakota State on Sunday.
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Mason fired after Insight Bowl debacle
Jan 1 2007 4:22AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Gophers have blown some big leads in Glen Mason's 10 years as coach. The latest, and perhaps greatest collapse, was too much for athletics director Joel Maturi.
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No. 1 UCLA stuns No. 14 Huskies 96-74
Jan 1 2007 3:12AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Washington Huskies never knew what hit them. Top-ranked UCLA stunned the 14th-ranked Huskies with a game-opening 16-6 spurt and two big second-half runs in a 96-74 victory Sunday.
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Hurricanes send Coker off with bowl win
Jan 1 2007 12:44AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Larry Coker went out a winner, just as his players promised. Kirby Freeman threw for 272 yards and two long TDs, ran for another score, and Chavez Grant made a diving interception with 18 seconds left in the Hurricanes' 21-20 victory over Nevada in the MPC Computers Bowl on Sunday night, Coker's final game at Miami.
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