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No. 4 Washington finishes perfect regular season with 24-21 win over Washington State in Apple Cup

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Grady Gross made a 42-yard field goal on the final play, Rome Odunze caught two touchdown passes from Michael Penix Jr. and No. 4 Washington beat Washington State 24-21 on Saturday in the Apple Cup for an undefeated regular season.Playing likely his final game at Husky Stadium, Odunze caught a 40-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter and hauled in a 21-yarder on the final play of the third quarter to give the Huskies a 21-14 lead.Odunze then added his biggest running play of the year. Facing fouth-and-1 at their own 29 with 1:11 left, he took a reverse 23 yards. Odunze later played defender breaking up a potential interception at the goal line and Gross nailed the winner.In the final year of the Pac-12 before most of its members scatter to other conferences, Washington (12-0, 9-0) became the first school in the 12-team era to go unbeaten in the regular season. The last conference team to finish the regular season unbeaten was Oregon in 2010 before the conference e...

North Dakota State destroys drake 66-3 in opening-round FCS playoff game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Cam Miller threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns and North Dakota State annihilated Drake 66-3 in an opening-round game of the FCS playoffs on Saturday.NDSU advances to the second round and next week plays sixth-seeded Montana State (8-3). The Bison have won four of their last five. NDSU moved its record to 45-4 in the FCS playoffs, including a 35-1 record in the Fargodome.After Miller fumbled the ball away on the first play from scrimmage, North Dakota State (9-3) rebounded to score touchdowns on its final five drives of the first half and led 35-3 at halftime.Drake took a 3-0 lead on Shane Dunning’s 30-yard field goal with 12:34 left in the first quarter. By the end of the quarter though, Cole Payton had a 20-yard scoring run and Raja Nelson had a 5-yard scoring run for a 14-3 North Dakota State advantage.Miller completed 10-of-11 passes and Payton had 104 yards rushing on 13 carries and scored twice. Luke Bailey threw for 111 yards for Drake and was inte...

Liberty finishes 1st perfect regular season in program’s 50 years with 42-28 win over UTEP

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — No. 22 Liberty completed the first undefeated regular season in the program’s 50-year history, with Quinton Cooley rushing for three touchdowns in a 42-28 victory over UTEP on Saturday.Quarterback Kaidon Salter ran for a team-leading 94 yards and threw for a score as the Flames made their Conference USA debut by becoming the league’s third team to go 12-0, joining Tulane (1998) and Houston (2011). They are the first team Division I team from the state of Virginia to win 12 games.“Making history like that is just something you didn’t start out to do,” first-year coach Jamey Chadwell said. “As coaches, you’re, ‘All right, what’s next. I’m thinking about next week.’ We’ll look back on it and just how special it was, especially being new.” Liberty (8-0 C-USA), which rushed for a season-high 441 yards, will host New Mexico State in the conference championship game Friday, but likely will need a Tulane loss to have a shot at the Group of Five bid to the N...

Ollie Gordon II’s 5 TDs lead Oklahoma State past BYU in 2OT, into Big 12 title game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Ollie Gordon II ran for his fifth touchdown of the game in the second overtime, and No. 21 Oklahoma State rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat BYU 40-34 on Saturday, securing a spot in the Big 12 Championship game.BYU had a chance to win after Gordon’s final score, but Oklahoma State’s Trey Rucker ripped the ball from Isaac Rex after a catch and recovered the fumble to end it. The Cowboys celebrated after the play was confirmed by replay review.Oklahoma State (9-3, 7-2 Big 12, No. 20 CFP) eliminated rival Oklahoma from the title game. The Cowboys will play No. 7 Texas next Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Gordon, who entered the week as the nation’s leading rusher, finished with 166 yards rushing on a cold, rainy day and has 1,580 this season. Alan Bowman passed for 321 yards and Leon Johnson III had nine catches for 132 yards for Oklahoma State, which matched the third-largest comeback in school history.Jake Retzlaff pa...

Aguilar throws 4 touchdown passes, Appalachian State advances to Sun Belt title game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Aguilar threw four touchdown passes and Appalachian State blew past Georgia Southern 55-27 on Saturday, clinching a berth in the Sun Belt Championship in the process.The Mountaineers (8-4, 6-2 Sun Belt Conference) fell behind by 11 points in the first quarter then outscored the Eagles 52-13 over the final three quarters.Aguilar threw second quarter touchdown passes of 27 yards to Kaedin Robinson and 41 yards to Cristan Horn, leading the Mountaineers to a 27-17 lead at halftime.Aguilar hit Eli Wilson from 2 yards and Anderson Castle scored on a 15-yard run to extend the lead to 41-17 after three. Aguilar and Robinson hooked up again, from 10 yards, and Maqueul Haywood capped the scoring with a 27-yard run late in the fourth.Georgia Southern’s only highlight in the second half was a 100-yard kickoff return by DeAndre Buchannon.Aguilar finished 23-of-36 passing for 296 yards with the four scores and one interception. Kanye Roberts had 109 yards rushing and...

Reed’s 4 TD passes carry Western Kentucky past Florida International, 41-28

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Austin Reed threw four touchdown passes and Western Kentucky scored early to post a 41-28 win over Florida International in the regular-season finale on Saturday. Western Kentucky beat FIU for the fifth straight time and now is 11-6 all-time against the Panthers. The Hilltoppers (7-5, 5-3 Conference USA) will finish their season by going to a bowl game for the 10th time in the last 12 seasons and the fifth time in coach Tyson Helton’s five years at the school. Reed and the Hilltoppers took the opening kick and drove 75 yards in 13 plays. Reed hit Malachi Corley with a 2-yard pass for a 7-0 lead then hit Jimmy Holiday with a 39-yard touchdown with :57 left in the quarter. Upton Stout returned a FIU fumble 16 yards for a score as time expired for a 21-0 lead to start the second quarter. FIU got on the board when Keyone Jenkins tossed a 3-yard pass to Rocky Beers, but Reed answered with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Easton Messer and Dalvin Smith pulled up and threw a ...

Fancher accounts for 5 TDs, Marshall beats Arkansas State 35-21, becomes bowl eligible

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cam Fancher accounted for five touchdowns — including two first quarter TD passes to Chuck Montgomery — to help Marshall beat Arkansas State 35-21 Saturday to become bowl eligible in the regular season finale for both teams. Fancher was 16-of-22 passing for 214 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions and added 18 carries for 100 yards rushing and touchdowns of 7 and 3 yards. Marshall (6-6, 3-3 Sun Belt Conference) had 493 total yards — 279 yards rushing — and converted 8-of-17 third downs. Montgomery scored on receptions on 9 yards with 8:05 left in the first quarter and 3 yards about 7 minutes later to make it 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. Arkansas State drove deep into Thundering Herd territory before Ahmere Foster picked off a pass at the 1, Fancher ran for a 63-yard gain on the next play, Rasheen Ali followed with an 8-yard run and Fancher hit Mason Pierce for 21 yards to set up his first TD run with 11:31 left in the second quarter and ...

Fifita throws for 527 yards, No. 16 Arizona blows out rival Arizona State 59-23

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Noah Fifita threw for a school-record 527 yards and five touchdowns, Michael Wiley scored three times and No. 16 Arizona put an emphatic end to the Pac-12 era of the Territorial Cup rivalry with a 59-23 rout over Arizona State on Saturday.The Wildcats (9-3, 7-2 Pac-12, No. 15 CFP) were humiliated 70-7 by Arizona State three years ago, the wound salted by a mocking billboard erected by Sun Devils’ fans along Interstate 10 between Tempe and Tucson.Arizona fans may want to put up a billboard of their own after the embarrassment shifted north in the final game before the rivals head to the Big 12 next year.The Wildcats took no pity on the injury-riddled Sun Devils (3-9, 2-7), racking up 619 yards of offense. Tetairoa McMillan had a Territorial Cup-record 266 yards and a touchdown on 11 catches. Jacob Cowing had nine catches for 157 yards. Fifita finished 30 of 41 to break Anu Solomon’s school record of 520 yards passing against California in 2014.Arizona ...

Embiid has 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists as 76ers beat Thunder 127-123

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NBA scoring leader Joel Embiid just missed what would have been Philadelphia’s first triple-double of the season with 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, and the 76ers ended the Oklahoma City Thunder’s six-game winning streak with a 127-123 victory on Saturday.Embiid made six free throws in the final 9.8 seconds to seal the win for the 76ers, who had a nine-point lead with 49 seconds left shrink to 125-123 after a basket by rookie Chet Holmgren with 2.5 seconds to play.Tyrese Maxey added 28 points and eight rebounds, and Tobias Harris scored 16 points for the 76ers, who moved to 11-5, the same as the Thunder. Philadelphia rode a sizable advantage at the free throw line, making 37 of 45 attempts compared to 21 of 26 for Oklahoma City.Holmgren led Oklahoma City with 33 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, like Embiid a first-team All-NBA selection last season, scored 31. Oklahoma City has lost four straight home games to the 76ers.With 49 seconds left, Embi...

Critical Incident Response Team investigating death of Larimer County Jail inmate

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:31:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Eighth Judicial Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is investigating the death of an inmate at the Larimer County Jail.It started on Friday morning when the Johnstown Police Department arrested a man for felony drug charges. He was taken to a local hospital, where police said he was medically cleared for incarceration. Rancher finds 3 lambs killed by wolf, CPW said He was brought to the jail and began showing signs of a possible overdose during the booking process, police said, so he was taken back to a hospital. Later that night, he was again medically discharged from the hospital and booked into the jail, according to a release from Larimer County.Saturday afternoon around 1:30 p.m., a deputy found the inmate unresponsive in his cell. Medical staff started lifesaving efforts but he ultimately died.He was the only person assigned to the cell and was alone, police said.The Larimer County Coroner's Office will determine the cause and manner of death and rele...