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No. 4 Florida State scores most points in Norvell era, routs Southern Miss 66-13

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Trey Benson had three touchdown runs and No. 4 Florida State routed Southern Miss 66-13 in its home opener Saturday night for the most points under coach Mike Norvell.Jordan Travis threw for 175 yards and two touchdowns, and backup Tate Rodemaker added a pair of touchdown passes in the third quarter. Travis’ first touchdown, a 10-yard pass to Darion Williamson, gave him 50 career TD passes.The Seminoles (2-0) have scored 35 or more points in eight straight games, the longest active streak in the nation. On Saturday, they did it in the third quarter — and before Southern Miss (1-1) found the end zone.Caziah Holmes added a 40-yard touchdown run as the Seminoles ran for 306 yards. Florida State was able to move the ball at will even without starting offensive linemen Maurice Smith and Robert Scott.Rodrigues Clark had 67 yards on 12 carries, including a 12-yard touchdown in the third quarter for Southern Miss.Billy Wiles completed just 11 of 34 passes for 154 ya...

O’Connor and Brewer each account for two TDs; Stetson beats NAIA Webber International 38-28

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Matt O’Connor completed 11 of 17 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns, Devon Brewer accounted for two TDs and Stetson beat Webber International 38-28 Saturday night. Brewer caught a 2-yard TD pass from O’Connor in the first quarter and finished with 18 carries for 62 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown that made it 28-0 early in the second quarter. Nazeviah Burris caught a 41-yard touchdown pass on the game’s sixth play from scrimmage to give Stetson (2-0) the lead for good. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound junior finished with seven receptions for 136 yards. Antonio Dawson returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter. After the Hatters went three-and-out, Terry Weems Jr., who scored on a 4-yard run in the first half, caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Trent Grotjan and added a 6-yard TD for Webber International, a member of the NAIA, to cap the scoring with 1:51 to play. Weems finished with 19 carries for 1...

Daniels passes for 401 yards, Rice stuns Houston in double OT, 43-41

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — JT Daniels tied a career high passing for 401 yards and three scores, Daelen Alexander rushed for three touchdowns and Rice defeated Houston 43-41 in double overtime in the 42nd Bayou Bucket, on Saturday.“To win the bucket for the first time in 12 years and get it back was one of our goals this season,” Rice coach Mike Bloomgren said. “That’s a big deal for our program. To beat a Big 12 team is a big deal for our program.” The victory for Rice snapped a seven-game win streak for Houston in the series. The last win for the Owls over Houston came on October 16, 2010, when they beat the Cougars 34-31. This is only the second time a game in the Bayou Bucket series has gone to overtime. The last time was September 2, 2000.Daniels finished 28-for-42 passing and registered his second career 400-yard game. His only other came against Mississippi State on November 21, 2020. “This is just the start of what he can do,” Bloomgren said. “He played good today. but he didn’t p...

Kyle Monangai powers Rutgers to a 36-7 win over Temple

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — With its offense stuck in neutral for three quarters, Rutgers finally got going, erupting for three fourth quarter touchdowns to roll past Temple, 36-7, Saturday night. Scarlet Knights running back Kyle Monangai led the charge, rushing for a career-high 165 yards and a touchdown in that decisive quarter.Monangai carried the ball a career-high 28 times for a 5.9 average as Rutgers (2-0, 1-0 Big Ten) defeated Temple for the seventh straight time.Rutgers quarterback Gavin Wimsatt threw for 199 yards and a touchdown as the Scarlet Knights pounded out 453 total yards. Temple (1-1, 1-0 AAC) quarterback E.J. Warner, the son of Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, was 20-of-48 for 230 yards, with one TD and two interceptions.Monangai scored on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter to give Rutgers a 19-7 lead. Running backs Al-Shadee Salaam and Samuel Brown V tacked on touchdown runs of five and one-yard, respectively, in the fourth quarter.“Well, he (Monangai) ran tough a...

Moore throws for 290 yards and 3 scores as UCLA beats San Diego State 35-10

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dante Moore threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns in his second college game and T.J. Harden had a 53-yard scoring run for UCLA, which used big plays to overpower the San Diego State Aztecs 35-10 on Saturday night.Although UCLA coach Chip Kelly won’t say it, Moore, an 18-year-old from Detroit who completed 17 of 27 passes, appears to have won the quarterback competition against Ethan Garbers with the Bruins’ Pac-12 opener coming up in two weeks against two-time defending champion Utah. The Bruins outgained the Aztecs 550 yards to 259 yards.Asked when he’d commit to one QB, Kelly said: “Not tonight.”“I feel like we have three guys that are really good football players so that’s something that not every team can say, and we’ll see how this whole thing plays itself out,” Kelly said.Moore, the first five-star recruit in Kelly’s six seasons in Westwood, started and played through the third quarter a week after coming off the bench t...

Nix, No. 13 Oregon rally past Texas Tech 38-30 as Shough loses to former team

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Tyler Shough was trying one final time against his former team to match a Bo Nix-led drive to a field goal with another of his own for Texas Tech.No. 13 Oregon’s defense had an answer.Nix threw for 359 yards and two touchdowns, Jeffrey Bassa had a 45-yard interception return for a score in the final minute and the Ducks rallied for a 38-30 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday night.Shough threw for three TDs and ran for 101 yards but was responsible for four turnovers as the Red Raiders’ school-record 23-game winning streak in home openers ended.“Trying to do everything I can to win, and those things happen,” Shough said. “You want to eliminate those the best you can. I’ve got to find a way to get it done at the end of the day.”The Red Raiders are 0-2 for the first time since 1990 after losing in double overtime at Wyoming in their opener, and Shough has lost both games he started and finished this season after winning the first eight in two in...

Richard, Collier each run for two TDs, North Carolina Central tops North Carolina A&T 30-16

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Davius Richard and Latrell Collier each carried 17 times for 95 yards and two touchdowns as North Carolina Central pulled away from North Carolina A&T for a 30-16 win in the Aggies’ season opener Saturday night.Richard scored on a 4-yard run in the first quarter and Collier did the same in the second to give the Eagles a 14-3 lead. Taymon Cooke returned a kick-off 80 yards to cut the NC Central lead to 14-9 after Owen Daffer missed the extra point and Wesley Graves ran 47 yards for a touchdown to give the Aggies a 16-14 lead with two minutes left in the first half. Adrian Olivo put the Eagles back in front with a 35-yard field goal with 27 seconds left in the half. Collier scored from the 5 in the third quarter and Richard scored from eight-yards out in the fourth to complete the scoring.Richard completed 15 of 23 passing for 127 yards for NC Central.North Carolina A&T managed just 207 total yards of offense. __AP college football: https://apnew...

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Texas is ready for the SEC, but the SEC doesn’t look so tough right now

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

Texas is ready for the Southeastern Conference. Then again, the SEC doesn’t look so tough right now.In their final season as a member of the Big 12, the No. 11 Longhorns made a statement against Alabama and came away with the biggest victory of Steve Sarkisian’s three seasons as Texas coach.Is Texas back? Who cares. Here’s what’s important: Texas was better than No. 3 Alabama in almost every way in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night.The biggest difference between the two? Texas has difference-makers at quarterback and receiver.“The players understood that we’re good enough to come in here and win. But the moment doubt starts to creep in, that’s when you start making the mistakes that get you beat,” Sarkisian said.A year after losing by one to the Crimson Tide in Austin, the Longhorns never had a reason to doubt they belonged.Quinn Ewers was every bit the five-star he was touted to be for the Longhorns, throwing for 349 yards and three touchdowns. Sarkis...

Over 1,000 without power after car hits power lines in East County

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Over a thousand San Diego Gas & Electric customers in East County were left without electricity Saturday evening after a car hit two power poles, according to authorities.The solo-vehicle crash was reported around 8:15 p.m. on Willow Glenn Drive in El Cajon. According to California Highway Patrol logs, the vehicle struck the first power pole for unknown reasons, prompting it to overturn and hit the second line.No injuries as a result of the crash were reported by law enforcement. The driver was able to extricate themselves from the vehicle, CHP said. Motorcyclist killed in solo-vehicle crash in Point Loma According to SDG&E, the outage impacted about 1,001 residents in the communities of La Presa, Spring Valley and Rancho San Diego. As of 9 p.m., the utility company said they anticipate to be restored by 2 a.m. Sunday.While the crash and the outage were likely correlated, SDG&E told crews are still assessing the outage to determine the exact cause.No other...

Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:53:23 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021.The United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crimes, which published the report, said meth in Afghanistan is mostly made from legally available substances or extracted from the ephedra plant, which grows in the wild.The report called Afghanistan’s meth manufacturing a growing threat to national and regional health and security because it could disrupt the synthetic drug market and fuel addiction. It said seizures of meth suspected to have come from Afghanistan have been reported from the European Union and east Africa.Annual meth seizure totals from inside the country rose from less than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) in 2019 to nearly 2,700 kilograms (6,000 pounds) in 2021, suggesting increased...