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Ohio State : to Michigan ASSOCIATED PRESS Ohio State is out, UCLA is down but not out, and Tennessee and Kansas State are in?as college football's new 1-2 punch. When Joe Germaine's fourth-down pass was intercepted at the goal line with 72 seconds left, and Michigan State had upset Uhio btate zo-24, the run tor the national championship changed dramatically. The Buckeyes (8-1,5-1 Big Ten) not only lost the No. 1 ranking they had held since the preseason poll, but on Sunday found themselves on the outside looking in at a conference title and a trip to the Rose Bowl. "Right now we can do one of two things," a dejected Germaine said. "We can learn from this and go on or we can tuck our tail." While Ohio State fell out of the national title chase, and to No. 7 in this week's Associated Press poll, No. 3 UCLA (8-0, 6-0 Pac-10) barely extended its winning streak to 18 games with a last-minute 41-34 victory over Oregon State. The Bruins needed Cade McNown's 61-yard touchdown pass to Brad Melsby with 21 seconds left to pull out another close game. "It's hard on 18-, 19-, 20-year-old kids, and if s hard on a 52-year-old man," TTPlT.AvnAph Rr>H TnlpHn saiH a-ft-er fVia Bruins' second straight narrow victory. "I'm extremely proud of our guys. They know how to win. They never give up, they never quit. They just keep battling." The Bowl Championship Series standings will be released Monday, and it appears Tennessee and Kansas State will be in the top two places there as well. The BCS matches the first- and second-place teams in the Fiesta Bowl with a national title on the line. Tennessee (8-0,6-0 SEC) moved into the No. 1 spot for the first time since Nov. 12,1956 (the Vols held the spot for one week). Tennessee beat Alabama-Birmingham 37-13 Saturday, as Tee Martin threw for one TD and ran for another. UTs road gets tougher in the coming weeks. On Saturday, the Vols entertain No. 10 Arkansas (8-0), followed by a visit from Tim Couch and Kentucky (6-3) Nov. 21. "It's been quite an accomplishment for this team," said Vols coach Phillip Fulmer. "I'm sure, though, weH be focused on Arkansas." No. 2 Kansas State (9-0,6-0) just keeps piling up impressive wins. Michael Bishop threw for two TDs and ran for another as the Wildcats beat Baylor 496 for their 17th straight victory. On Saturday, K-State plays perhaps their biggest game in school history ? against Nebraska, a team that has won 29 in a row over the Wildcats. In other Top 25 games, it was: No. 4 Florida 45, Vanderbilt 13; No. 5 Florida State 45, No. 21 Virginia 14; No. 6 Texas A&M 29, Oklahoma 0; No. 8 Wisconsin 26, Minnesota 7; No. 9 Arizona 41, Washington State 7, and No. 10 Arkansas 34, Mississippi 0. Also, it was No. 11 Nebraska 42, Iowa State 7; No. 12 Notre Dame 31, Boston College 26; No. 13 Missouri 38, Colorado 14; No. 14 Tulane 41, Memphis 31; No. 15 Michigan 27, No. 19 Penn State 0; No. 18 Texas 37, Okla'Walvieball' f ASSOCIATED PRESS The South Carolina Lady Gamecocks have grown weary of being stepped on, scuffed up and kicked around. When you are a perennial contender for the position of Southeastern Conference doormat, life can be tough. This year, however, South Carolina has three returning starters and a recruiting class brought in by secondyear coach Susan Walvius that some analysts say is one of the nation's top 10. "No one wants to be down, and that's iL- il: ai i > i._n i _i x. iL tiie tiling uiai we ve tanteu auuut. tne people that have been here for three and four years," said senior guard Nikki Miars, second on the team with 12.6 points per game last season. "We're tired of being down there and we want to make the jump up this year." South Carolina made its initial leap in 1997-98 with a stunning home victory over No. 6 Vanderbilt and its firstever SEC Tournament win over LSU. USC secures VOLLEYBALL continuedfrompagps olina jumped to a 5-0 lead en route to a 1 served four more aces to help USC cinch 2 saw another route, as the Lady Gamec After the half, the Lady 'Cats came c won 15-9 because of a deflated Carolina the Lady Gamecocks rebounded to wi: and take the match. Head Coach Kim Hudson-Christophe with her team's output, saying, "Kami an done a great job. They have really stepp they've worked really hard." falls from toj i State, UT n< homa State 34; No. 20 Oregon 27, Washington 22, and No. 23 Air Force 35, I Army 7. With four weeks to go before the g bowl matchups are set, here's a look at 6 the six major conference races. a The six winners get automatic BCS ( bowl berths. Two at-large selections will I fill out the field. The BCS bowls are the Fiesta, Rose, Sugar and Orange. a t ? ACC: Florida State (9-1, 6-1) ii nooHc o win at AA7alro PY>rocf (O.A UVVV1U U M Jull MV TV A V/UV A } U V// Saturday to wrap up its seventh straight j league title. The Seminoles also have a game remaining against Florida Nov. t 21. v Chris Weinke threw for one TD and f ran for another before missing the sec- j ond half of Saturday's 45-14 win over No. 21 Virginia (7-2, 5-2) with a con- g cussion. y f ? Big East: Following Syracuse's v 35-28 loss to West Virginia, No. 16 Vir- e ginia Tech now has the clearest path to the title. The Hokies (7-1,4-1) have j games at Syracuse Saturday, then Rutgers the following week. The Orange- g men (5-3,3-1) and No. 24 Miami (5-2, j 3-1) are still in the running. a t ? Big Ten: It looks as if the Rose g Bowl will get the Big Ten champ, after t all. If Wisconsin beats Michigan Saturday, the Badgers (9-0,6-0) are off to t Pasadena, barring a rash of upsets in- ^ volving the teams ranked ahead of them, r If Michigan (7-2,6-0) wins, it would then need to beat Ohio State Nov. 21 to return to the Rose Bowl. Wisconsin j, goes if there's a three-way tie for the title, while Ohio State goes if it finishes ^ tied with Michigan. ? Big 12: Kansas State (9-0,6-0) ^ should win the North division, but has two tough games left ? against Ne- . braska and Missouri. The Tigers (7-2, 5-1) can catch K-State and get in the Big 12 title game Dec. 5 if they win out. s In the South, it's Texas A&M (9-1, : 6-0) or Texas (7-2,5-1). The teams play Nov. 27. The Aggies play Missouri Saturday, while the Longhorns are at Texas J Tech. 1 c ? Pac-10: UCLA has command of the league, but shaky wins over two * weak teams make it hard to believe the Bruins aren't ready to fall. ^ On Saturday, UCLA is at Wash- " ington before playing Southern Cal Nov. ^ 21. Then there's the makeup date at 8 Miami Dec. 5. If the Bruins finish unbeaten, along with Tennessee and Kansas State, they n could be the odd team out of the Fies- P ta Bowl. E That would leave the Rose with the S] Big Ten champ versus the Pac-10 1 champ. Arizona (9-1,5-1) waits in the wings if the Bruins fall. a a ? SEC: Tennessee needs a win over Arkansas or Kentucky to clinch the East and move into the SEC title game Dec. E 5. Florida (8-1,6-1), which lost to Ten- f( nessee earlier this season, needs the o: VaIc fn lncn KnfVi rrowoo fa oaaoV in ft' uic tu lv/ou uwiii gamcc Lu oucaxv 111. v In the West, Arkansas (8-0, 5-0) plays its final three games on the g road?at Tennessee, Mississippi State fi and LSU ? but should make it to At- g lanta, where a rematch with the Vol- tl unteers seems likely. li aces tough SE The Lady Gamecocks finished the sea- w son 13-15 ? their best overall record h in four years ? and 3-11 in the SEC.. Attendance at Carolina Coliseum h nearly tripled. la "There's no question that we ac- y( complished the first step of going where 11 we want to go as a women's basketball ^ program," Walvius said. "We had no embarrassing losses last year. I felt we *c won some games that people didn't ex- * pect us to win. We finished the season n W very strong. ^ Joining Miars are junior forward j Annie Lester and senior forward Lisa Williams, both starters last season, q Lester finished second in the SEC in K steals at 2.3 per game and third in re- gj bounds with 8.8 per game. She led c( the team in scoring at 17.7 per game S( and was named to the All-SEC sec- cc ond team. Williams also established herself s( as a dominant player in the post. She al was third on the team in scoring, o] second place \ ix Coach Hudson-Ch ~ team's 20th win, a tot 5-6 win. Plummer tor of an NCAA tourn; the victory. Game "Nothing is autom :ocks won 15-5. and beat the teams we iut hitting, as they to the tournament," s? offense. However, USC's next match n 15-5 in Game 4 gia at the Volleyball C seniors Ashley Edlunc r was very pleased their last home games d Milica both have The Lady Gameco ted up to play, and urday to play their fina gia. ) with loss ;w No. 1 A recap of Saturday's games: 'Jo. 3 UCLA 41, Oregon St. 34 At Corvallis, Ore., before McNowi [ame-winning TD, the Beavers (4-6, I) tied it 34-34 with 31 seconds left 128-yard field goal by Jose Cortez, b ^ortez's kickoff went out of bounds JCLA's 41. McNown, who threw for 377 yar ind four TDs, found Melsby alone i he next play. Oregon State clinch ts 28th consecutive losing season. Jo. 4 Florida 45, Vanderbilt 13 At Nashville, Tenn., the Gators h heir best offensive game this seasi vith 571 yards as Doug Johnson thre or 460 yards and four TDs. to. 6 Texas A&M 29, Oklahoma 0 At College Station, Texas, the A [ies held Oklahoma to a season-low 1 rards and Branndon Stewart pass or two TDs and ran for one. Texas A& ran its ninth straight and beat the Soc irs (3-6,1-5) for the fourth straight tin Michigan State 28, No. 7 Ohio State At Columbus, Ohio, Julian Pet( on forced three fumbles and Renal fill intercepted Germaine's final pa is four-TD underdog Michigan Sta ?ecame the first unranked team to be i No. 1 since 1990, when the Spa ans beat Michigan 28-27. Ohio State led 24-9 in the third qui er, but trailed 25-24 after Sedrick Irvi] 1-yard TD run early in the fourth. Pa ^dinger's fifth field goal of the gan rith 9:26 left, padded the lead. fo. 8 Wisconsin 26, Minnesota 7 At Madison, Wis., Ron Dayne ri or 133 yards and Matt Davenport ti l school record with four field goals he Badgers improved to 9-0 for the fc ime since 1901. *o. 9 Arizona 41, Washington St, At Tucson, Ariz., Trung Canida cored on first-quarter runs of 75 ai c5 yards and finished with 174 yar or the Wildcats. Washington State (3-6,0-6) took a ither step toward becoming the fii Jac-10 team to go from first to last ine season. *Io. 15 Michigan 27, No. 19 Penn St At Ann Arbor, Mich., Tom Brai tirew two TD passes and the Wolve les forced five turnovers to hand tl littany Lions (6-2. 3-2) their fir hutout loss in 11 years. ? Arkansas and Tulane also r lained perfect. Clint Stoerner had 1 asses of 50 and 36 yards to Anthoi -ucas as the Razorbacks (8-0) beat M issippi 24-0 for their first shutout sin 991. Shaun King threw four TD pass nd ran for another as the Green Wa' 3-0,4-0 C-USA) beat Memphis 41-3 ? At Boston, Notre Dame safe )eke Cooper stopped Mike Cloud < )urth-and-goal from the 1 with six se nds left as the Fighting Irish (7-1) he ff Boston College (3-6) 31-26. ? In Austin, Texas, Ricky Williar ained 42 of his 90 yards on the gam< nal drive, setting up Kris Stocktoi ame-winning 29-yard field goal wi iree seconds left, as Texas topped 0 ihoma State 37-34. ,C schedule ith 12.4 points per game, and in r ounding, at 4.9 per game. "Just with the new players that v ave and with the team that we ha ist year, everybody's excited about th ear," Lester said. "That's just going 1 take us go out there and make us wot arder." Juniors Casie Key and Shanta Je oat will vie for playing time with foi eshmen, including highly regarde haunzinski Gortman of Columbi hose coach said she could be one le school's best-ever players befot re's done. Gortman joins Greenville guai hrishna Hill in the harlrermrt Fresl len forwards Shannon Segres, Vi inia's prep player of the year, and J ;lyn Penn, a two-time Georgia all-sta ilection, will add depth to the fron rnrt. The Lady Gamecocks open the se: >n at Florida A&M on Nov. 13 and ai t home against Auburn on Jan. 31 Den their SEC slate. in SEC East ristopher was also pleased about tl al which is considered a good indie ament berth. atic. We have to keep getting bett< 're supposed to beat, if we hope to gi tid the coach. is Thursday at 7 p.m. against Geo ompetition Center. Lady Gamecoc 1 and Cindy Robarge will be playir cks then travel to Athens, Ga., Sa 1 regular-season match against Geo ' INTEF ! l's 1on ut at = Novem ad on >W QfU International Jill Festival Lg- Participate in this annual 24 tradition at USC! Come ed celebrate the international M dimension of the Carolina >n- community. Enjoy international food, music, and cultural displays. Don't 24 miss the belly dancer at 12:30 and 1:00. d? Sponsored by International lss Programs. lte 11 am to 2pm, Russell House !at Patio (Ballroom rain ir" location) Discover the Peace Corps Experience Returned Peace Corps le' volunteers will discuss their overseas experiences. Enjoy an exciting video and learn from a Peace Corps representative how von tnn nan have such ed ? J ag an experience. Sponsored by International Programs. 6 pm, Business Administration ? 582 ite n(l An Evening of Ethnic dg Percussion The School of Music presents m. an evening with the Palmetto st Pans and the West African in Drum and Dance Ensemble. Admission is $5 for USC students and $8 for others. . 0 Sponsored by the School of dy Music. !r- 7:30pm, Longstreet Theater le st Two Traditions in Transition View an exhibition by Folk Potters of Eastern Germany e- and the American Southeast T> (Bunzlau Pottery) at the Museum. Free Admission, is- Sponsored by the McKissick ce Museum. 9am-5pm, through December es ve Cinema WRHA Throughout the week, "Joy Luck Club" will air on WRHA. y Check out your listing for show umes. Sponsored by Residence Education, Department of ns Housing. j's | | 11 1-1 Role of Women ? IKJUl in Saudi Arabia Rima Hassan, from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, will i discuss women's issues in Saudi Arabia. Please join us for this fascinating e- presentation. Q&A will follow. Sponsored by the Royal 'e Embassy of Saudi Arabia and id International Programs is 2:00-3:30pm, Gambrell 258 to "k German Movie Night Enjoy a showing of the silent movie, "Metropolis," from the ^ 1920's. Subtitles are in English. Sponsored by the German ^ Club. ?e 6pm, Humanities Room 102 <(j Your Favorite Spanish Recipes r_ Learn to cook your favorite 0. Spanish dishes at the Thomas te More Center. Take a peek into t- the Spanish kitchen and learn some of its culinary secrets, a- Sponsored by the Students re Associated for Latin America. to 7pm, Thomas More Center le ajr et r:k 'g Department of Student Development Di tr -*r VIATIC WEEK ber 9th > c-bsSJ Ballet du Senegal C This premier dance company V of West Africa has been w acclaimed worldwide. The H program is called "Pangols", a C word referring to the spiritual P nature of all beings and things. ir Admission: $18.00 adults, ir $ 10.00 students. For tickets, Sj please call 251-2222. S< Sponsored by the Koger 1 Center. P 7:30pm, Koger Center for the 1 1 t fU SALA Film T I 1 L I i Series G Come view the first of the two is intrimiinrr m/wipc chnn;n K\/ o HlUlgUllI^ 111V/T1VJ kJIIW TT 11 KJJ U SALA, "Like Water for b< Chocolate." p< Sponsored by SALA St 5pm, Gambrell 105 C 5] Cultural Awareness and S Interactions B View a film and participate in a discussion facilitated by the C Professional Society of Jc International Studies. ol Sponsored by PSIS, pi Government and International rl Studies. di 6:30pm, Gambrell 258 jc ci Work Abroad Coffee House Sj Hear from people who have 0 had enriching experiences C working in other countries. F Learn how you, too, can work A abroad. 6] Sponsored by International Programs. 7pm, Russell House 205 1 Oj-1-* Immigration S 1 Zm, 111 Law Update C Larry Needle, an immigration si attorney, will discuss the recent ir changes in immigration law. St He will also talk about H-l S visas and permanent residency. 1 Sponsored by International C Programs. (] 3:30pm, Business Administration 463 Ii T SALA Film Series C Enjoy the second movie of it SALA's film series,"House of N Spirits." & Sponsored by SALA. i 5pm, Gambrell 105 C 7 ^ ^f 09ra c m H |g m International Programs for Students vision of Student and Alumni Services Uni\ 1 m -14th otXdf\99ft- / S.V> _> ulinarv Delights at Carolina /e'll take you around the orld right here in the Russell [ouse Grand Market Place! ome by the Grand Market lace and enjoy the iternational menu they offer i honor of International Week. oonsored by Marriott Dining ervices, Grand Market Place. lam-2pm, Grand Market lace i j 1U Popcorn and J) til Movie he Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization presenting "South America", documentary film about the eauty of the land and the sople. oonsored by CHEGSO, 'hemical Engineering. pm, Amocco Hall, wearingen Engineering uilding ultural Snapshots )in us for an exciting evening f dance and musical srformances. Different lythms, different tunes, and ifferent people invite you to >in them in celebration of jltural diversity at USC. n/iM r/if/j/7 Aai /n/ViVrti i/f aji/f cu is y ir(U(Uf? umutfit Organization, the Indian 'ultural Exchange and ilipino American Student ssociation. pm, Golden Spur, Russell House J r Hot Dogs and * 111 International unshine !ome on out and enjoy jnshine, volleyball, and food 1 an international setting. ponsored by the International tudent Association. 2 noon, Bates Volleyball !ourt, Behind the PE Center) ndian Movie Night he Indian Student Organization presents an Indian lovie. An art movie by Mira fair? A taste of Indian song : dance? Come and find out! ponsored by Indian Student Organization. :30pm, Currell College 'ersity of South Carolina 777-7461 I >