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Seahawks Slip By Bengals in Dramatic Fashion
Published on September 23, 2007 at 11:18PM
(Seattle) For the second consecutive week, the Seattle Seahawks were taken to the limit by an aggressive opponent. However, this time, Matt Hasselbeck executed perfectly and led Seattle to a thrilling 24-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday afternoon at Qwest Field. Hasselbeck completed 24 of 37 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winner to Nate Burleson from 22 yards out with 1:06 left, and two interceptions for the Seahawks, who at 2-1 are tied with San Francisco atop the NFC West. Additionally, Shaun Alexander ran for 100 yards on 21 carries while the Seattle pass defense prevented Cincinnati’s high-octane offense from exploding as they did against the Cleveland Browns last week. While the Bengals’ Carson Palmer did throw for 342 yards and a score, and Cincinnati amassed 412 yards of offense, the Seahawks also picked off Palmer twice and forced four turnovers overall. In other NFL action Sunday, Carolina got past Atlanta 27-20, Baltimore edged Arizona, 26-23, New England gashed Buffalo, 38-7, Dallas stomped Chicago, 34-10, Philadelphia shellacked Detroit, 56-21, Green Bay surprised San Diego, 31-24, Indianapolis outlasted Houston, 30-24, Jacksonville humbled Denver, 23-14, Kansas City outslugged Minnesota, 13-10, the New York Jets held off Miami, 31-28, the New York Giants surprised Washington, 24-17, Oakland defeated Cleveland, 26-24, Pittsburgh steamrolled San Francisco, 37-16, and Tampa bay crushed St. Louis, 24-3. Tennessee and New Orleans meet in the Monday Night game for the weekend.
Snow Badgers Are #1
Published on September 23, 2007 at 10:51AM
Updated on September 25, 2007 at 08:32PM
by: Brad James (Ephraim, Utah) The Snow Badgers have become the #1 team in the land, albeit by the slightest of margins. After a 22-13 victory over the Arizona Western Matadors Saturday Sept.15 in Yuma, Ariz., the Badgers headed into a bye week and obtained the #1 ranking after the Blinn Buccaneers were upset by the Kilgore Rangers, 40-39 Saturday Sept.22. Nevertheless, the Butler Grizzlies also came off of a bye week and received 98 first-place votes to the Badgers’ 102. Other teams in the Top 10 include the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs of Perkinston, Miss., checking in at #3, Snow’s WSFL foe, the Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters of Thatcher, Ariz. at #4, the Lackawanna Falcons of Scranton, Pa. are #5, the Pearl River Wildcats of Poplarville, Miss., once the top-ranked team in the country, are #6, the Jones County Bobcats of Ellisville, Miss. are seventh, Blinn has dropped to #8, the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen of Miami, Okla. are #9 and the Rochester Yellow Jackets of Rochester, Minn. are tenth. Snow faces a stiff challenge this week as they travel to face the #12 Mesa Community College (Ariz.) Thunderbirds for a 7 p.m. kickoff Saturday. This kickoff time is 7:00 Arizona time which means fans in Utah can hear the game at 8:00 p.m. MDT on KMTI-AM 650 and KSVC-AM 980. Or online at: KMTIRadio.com
Orange Crush Cards' Spirits
Published on September 23, 2007 at 12:03AM
Updated on September 23, 2007 at 07:59AM
(Louisville, Ky.) Andrew Robinson threw for 423 yards on just 17 completions (nearly 25 yards per completion) and the Syracuse Orange astonished the #18 Louisville Cardinals, 38-35 Saturday afternoon at Papa John’s Cardinals Stadium. The Orange started their magnificent game on the first play from scrimmage when Robinson hit receiver Taj Smith (4 rec, 173 yards, 2 TD’s) on a 79-yard scoring strike which instantaneously gave Syracuse the lead which they would maintain throughout the game. Despite the fact that Louisville’s Heisman-candidate QB, Brian Brohm (45-65, 555 yards, 4 TD’s, 2 INT’s) had one of the best games of his collegiate career, turnovers and penalties proved equally costly for the Cardinals in this game. Meanwhile, in addition to Robinson and Smith’s excellence, the Orange also received strong performances from Max Suter (who returned a first-half kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown), Da’Mon Merkerson and Mike Williams. The loss capped off a two-week period in which the Cardinals were reduced from national title darkhorses to a team that must now receive some good fortune to win the Big East while Syracuse won its first game of the year as well as its conference opener. In other Top 25 action Saturday, #1 USC blew past Washington State, 47-14, #2 LSU got past #12 South Carolina, 28-16, #3 Florida edged Mississippi, 30-24, #5 West Virginia smacked East Carolina, 48-7, #6 California crushed Arizona, 45-27, #7 Texas shellacked Rice, 58-14, #8 Ohio State obliterated Northwestern, 58-7, #9 Wisconsin outslugged Iowa, 17-13, Michigan upset #10 Penn State, 14-9, #13 Oregon decimated Stanford, 55-31, #14 Boston College hammered Army, 37-17, #15 Clemson pummeled North Carolina State, 42-20, #22 Georgia humbled #16 Alabama, 26-23 in overtime, #17 Virginia Tech blew by William & Mary, 44-3, #21 Kentucky annihilated Arkansas, 42-29, #23 South Florida pounded North Carolina, 37-10, #24 Nebraska squeaked past Ball State, 41-40, #25 Missouri smashed Illinois State, 38-17, and #19 Hawaii destroyed Charleston Southern, 66-10.