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Florida's O.J. Small, left, and Ciatrick Fason, right, sit in dejection following their 38-31 loss to
| Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. With the loss Florida’s overall record falls to 4-3.
Meltdown in Mississippi
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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Sylvester Croom’s first big win
for Mississippi State sent Florida to a new low under coach
Ron Zook.
Jerious Norwood’s 37-yard touchdown run with 32
seconds remaining lifted Mississippi State to a 38-31 upset
of the 20th-ranked Gators on Saturday.
Norwood rushed for 174 yards on 29 carries and scored
twice for the Bulldogs (2-5, 1-3 Southeastern Conference),
* who had lost five straight since beating Tulane in their first
game under Croom.
Jeramie Johnson set up Norwood’s game-winner when
he intercepted Chris Leak at the Mississippi State 44 with
two minutes remaining.
After four running plays moved the ball to the 37,
Norwood took the handoff around left end, spun past a
defender, then ran through another Florida player at the
goal line.
Ciatrick Fason rushed for 143 yards on 16 carries and
had a 55-yard touchdown run for the Gators (4-3, 2-3).
NO. 13 MICHIGAN 16, NO. 12
PURDUE 14
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Freshman Michael Hart
rushed for 206 yards and Garrett Rivas hit a 35-yard field
goal with 2:45 to go to lift Michigan to a win.
Hart broke Ricky Powers’ record for rushing yards by a
Michigan freshman and also caught a touchdown pass to
help the Wolverines (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten) keep pace with No.
I 6 Wisconsin atop the conference.
The scene was all too familiar for Purdue (5-2, 2-2),
which again had a costly fumble late to lose its second game
in a row after starting the season with five straight wins.
Kyle Orton was 14-for-30 for 213 yards, a touchdown
and an interception for Purdue.
NO. 5 FLORIDA STATE 20, WAKE
FOREST 17
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Xavier Beitia kicked a 22
yard field goal with 1:03 to play to help Florida State pull
off a surprisingly dose victory.
Seminoles quarterback Wyatt Sexton had a miserable
day, committing three cosdy turnovers that nearly cost
Florida State (6-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) the
game.
Florida State needed a 46-yard run by Lorenzo Booker
on third-and-10 and a 14-yard pass from Sexton to
Dominic Robinson on third-and-6 to set up the game
winning field goal.
Wake Forest (3-4,0-4) dropped another dose one. The
Demon Deacons lost to Clemson and North Carolina
State in overtime and also battled Virginia Tech down to
the wire.
NO. 10 GEORGIA 20, ARKANSAS 14
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — David Greene threw for a
career-high 382 yards and two touchdowns, Thomas
Brown rushed for 107 yards and Georgia held off Arkansas.
Fred Gibson caught six passes for 169 yards and a
touchdown for the Bulldogs (6-1, 3-1, Southeastern
Conference) and Reggie Brown had seven receptions for
107 yards.
Arkansas’ offense lacked much of its punch with
quarterback Matt Jones hobbled by a groin injury. He
played most of the game, but the Razorbacks (3-4, 1-3)
had just 278 yards total offense. They fumbled the ball
four times, losing it twice, and were scoreless in the second
half.
NO. 11 TENNESSEE 17, ALABAMA
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee turned to its defense
to turn back Alabama’s late rally, and the 11 th-ranked
Volunteers held on for a victory with key stops and an
interception in the final seconds.
The Crimson Tide (5-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference)
was trailing by a touchdown when Brian Bostick’s 47-yard
field goal with 6:26 left pulled Alabama within four.
Tennessee (6-1, 4-1) allowed the Tide to get to
midfield on its next drive, but Omar Gaither dropped
Alabama’s Kenneth Darby for a loss of 3 to make it
fourth-and-6.
Alabama got a break when Parys Haralson was called
for roughing the passer on fourth down, moving the ball to
the Tennessee 37. The Vols got another stop behind the
line, and Corey Campbell secured the win with an
interception at the 15 with 46 seconds remaining.
NO. 18 LSU 24, TROY 20
BATON ROUGE, La. — Marcus Randall threw a 30
yard touchdown pass to David Jones with 2:18 left to give
No. 18 LSU a come-from-behind 24-20 victory over Troy
on Saturday night.
The Trojans (3-4) had only 36 yards of offense in the
first half, but trailed only 17-10 at the break thanks to LSU
turnovers. Turnovers also allowed the Trojans to stay with
the Tigers (5-2) throughout the second half.
Randall completed 24 of 37 passes for 328 yards and a
touchdown. He was intercepted three times and sacked
twice.
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to cheers from the crowd only to be
tackled for a 2-yard loss on the play.
Rathe started the game after • his
heroics last week at Kentucky. The
senior wasted no time in starting where
he left off, connecting with redshirt
freshman Smith on a 23-yard
touchdown pass on the Gamecocks’ first
drive. USC got a 37-yard field goal from
sophomore Charlie Carpenter after the
fumble return by Rice.
After another Georgia Military
fumble on its next possession, the 6
foot-4-inch Smith pulled in a Rathe pass
on a 17-yard fade route that gave USC a
17-0 lead.
Bulldog freshman Antroun
McDaniel capitalized on both fumbles
by USC punt returners. The running
back scored on runs of 13 and 13 yards,
both in the first half.
Freshman Allen Smith kicked a field
goal with no time remaining in the first
half to pull the Bulldogs within 24-17. It
was the last time Georgia Military would
score.
Neither team could establish a
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wandered into a daycare near Cooter’s
home.
Being an animal lover, Cooter first
attempted to console the bear and
convince it to return to its zoo habitat,
but the bear insisted on being violent.
With a S.W.A.T. team looking on,
Cooter wrestled the bear into a sleeper
hold and held it until animal control
agents could tranquilize it.
In his teenage years Cooter began
playing football. At Lincoln County
High School he not only played every
position on the field, he was also the
band director, head football coach,
athletic trainer, public address
announcer and team bus driver.
He graduated holding every
Tennessee high school football record,
scoring a 1600 on the SAT and was the
first high school student ever to win the
Nobel Peace Prize.
When he’s not volunteering at a local
Boys and Girls Club, Cooter is
developing a cure for jock itch and is
wosking on a plan to balance the
national budget.
Is Jim Bob Cooter the best
athlete/person in the history of the
world? I don’t know. But what I do know
is that you can’t stop “The Cooter,” you
can only hope to contain him.
rhythm in the second half as the
Gamecocks went with the
inexperienced Nichols. The Bulldogs
failed to score in the second half due to
a combination of turnovers and
penalties.
USC fared only a little better,
scoring on a 16-yard keeper by Nichols
with 3:08 left in the game on a drive
that included a 30-yard completion to
freshman Tyrone Pinder.
If nothing else, the bye week and
junior varsity game served to give Holtz
peace of mind about his quarterbacks’
injuries and the play ^f their backups.
Holtz said the question of who would be
available against Tennessee had yet to be
answered.
“We’re going to have to see where
Dondrial is after this break and where
Syvelle is,” Skip Holtz said. “Right now,
(Newton) has done very litde. The
(trainers) are trying to keep him in a
boot to reduce the swelling.”
Lou Holtz had hinted last week that
Newton, who suffered a high ankle
sprain against Kentucky, may be able
to practice as soon as Monday.
Lou Holtz also noted that Pinkins’
injury was a partially torn rotator cuff,
contradicting the MRI report, which
said it was a bruise.
If neither quarterback can go, Rathe
will be the likely starter after a solid
outing in Sunday’s game.
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Senior forward Carlos Powell shoots over teammate Tarence
Kinsey in a practice earlier in October. Powell was named to
the All-SEC second team recently by media who cover the
SEC. He is one of four USC seniors on the team.
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