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The last time Oregon State made the Rose Bowl was 1965. Thanks to a freshman running back, the Beavers control their own destiny in a chance to break the dry spell.

Jacquizz Rodgers (Class of 2007) carried the ball 27 times for his second straight 144-yard game in the Beavers’ 34-21 win over Cal. Thanks to their upset of Southern Cal earlier this season, the Beavers will win the Pac 10 and earn the Rose Bowl berth if they win their last two games.

Rodgers put Oregon State ahead to stay in the first quarter, breaking a 7-7 tie with a two-yard touchdown run.

Rodgers is leading the conference in rushing with 1,233 yards and 11 touchdowns on 255 carries.

Rodgers isn’t letting the success he has had as a rookie get to him.

 “That was the way I was brought up to be, to get better everyday and keep the humble approach,” Rodgers told the Corvallis Gazette Times. “I can keep it that way. You just have to stay focused.”

• Tim Tebow (Class of 2004) threw for 173 yards and accounted for three touchdowns to lead Florida to a 56-6 win over South Carolina.

• Northwestern cornerback Jordan Maybin (Class of 2006) intercepted a Michigan pass in the end zone while the Wildcats were holding on to a seven-point lead, to help preserve a 21-14 Northwestern win.

• Arizona running back Keola Antolin (Class of 2007) ran for 87 yards and four touchdowns – three in the fourth quarter, as Arizona fell 55-45 at Oregon.

• Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead (Class of 2005) accounted for five touchdowns in a 59-0 win over Louisiana-Monroe.

• Missouri’s Derrick Washington (Class of 2006) ran for 128 yards on only 11 carries and a pair of touchdowns in 52-20 win over Iowa State.

• Cincinnati’s Tony Pike (Class of 2003) threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns before leaving injured in a 28-20 win over Louisville that kept the Bearcats in the running for the Big East title.

• Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards (Class of 2005) hit 12 of 14 passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns, while running for 104 yards in a 24-16 win over Elon to win their fourth straight conference title.

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Jacquizz Rodgers has been in the Pac 10 for nine games, but he has already learned to love playing against teams from Los Angeles.

Rodgers (Class of 2007), a freshman running back for Oregon State, ran roughshod over UCLA in the Beavers’ 34-6 rout at the Rose Bowl.

Rodgers carried the ball 31 times for 144 yards and a touchdown, also catching a touchdown pass from Sean Canfield in the fourth quarter to help open up a game that was tied 3-3 at halftime.

The 31 carries was the second-most carries Rodgers had in a game this season and the 144 yards the third-most. The career highs in carries and yards came in the Beavers’ upset on then-No. 1 USC.

"We just weren't executing in the beginning. But the defense played lights out,” Rodgers said. “To not give up a touchdown, that was big. We knew we were beating ourselves in the beginning. In the second half, we put it on ourselves to come out and play hard.”

Rodgers became the most prolific freshman running back in conference history with 1,089 yards. He’s the third conference running back to cross the 1,000-yard threshold as a freshman; Oregon State’s Ken Simonton (1,028 in 1998) and Stanford’s Darrin Nelson (1,069 in 1977) were the others.

• Houston running back Bryce Beall (Class of 2007) carved up Tulane for 176 yards rushing and three total touchdowns in a 42-14 win.

• Southern Cal safety Taylor Mays (Class of 2005) had five tackles and broke up four passes in the Trojans’ 17-3 win over Cal.

• Jordan Shipley (Class of 2003) had 81 yards receiving in Texas’ win over Baylor, but his touchdown catch in the third quarter meant the senior has scored a touchdown in all 10 games so far this season. He has a receiving touchdown in all but one game -- last week versus Texas Tech, when he had a punt return for a touchdown.

• Still healing from a broken left (non-throwing) arm, Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike (Class of 2003) threw a 3-yard touchdown pass in overtime to lead the Bearcats to a 26-23 upset at then-No. 25 West Virginia.

• Wingate defensive back Dietrich Wright (Class of 2003) had a game-high 10 tackles, 1.5 sacks and broke up a pass in a 45-42 loss to Mars Hill.

• Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards ran for 152 yards on nine carries and had 176 yards passing in a 49-7 win over Chattanooga.

• Florida State running back Antone Smith (Class of 2004) helped break open a close game with two fourth-quarter touchdown runs to lead the Seminoles to a 41-24 win at Clemson.

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Last year, Armanti Edwards led Appalachian State on the road to Wofford, and saw his Mountaineers stunned just a few weeks after beating Michigan.

This year, Wofford had to come to ASU, and Edwards got his revenge.

In a game pitting the No. 2 Mountaineers and No. 3 Wofford, Edwards (Class of 2005) did whatever he wanted in a 70-21 win on Halloween night in a nationally televised game.

“Nobody gave us a chance to win this game so we really took that to heart,” Edwards said. “Of course we had a chip on our shoulders, they beat us last year and a lot of people were expecting the same thing again so we felt like we had to come out and make a statement.”

Edwards completed 17 of 19 passes for 367 yards and a school-record tying five touchdowns. He ran for another 73 yards.

In the process, the junior set the Southern Conference record for all-purpose yards at 9,397, hitting the mark in only 33 starts.

Edwards’ play left his coach, Jerry Moore, speechless.

“Armanti, I’ve about said all there is to say about him,” Moore said. “He’s an incredible player and a leader.”

• Wisconsin running back John Clay (Class of 2005) ran for 111 yards on 14 carries and had a 32-yard touchdown run in Wisconsin's 25-24 loss to Michigan State.

• Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead threw a pair of short touchdown passes to give the Rebels a 17-7 win over Auburn, and close in on becoming bowl eligible.

• Miami quarterback Jacory Harris (Class of 2007) threw a 26-yard touchdown pass with 55 seconds left in regulation to tie the game against Virginia, and threw a 9-yard TD pass in overtime to give the Hurricanes a 24-17 road win.

• West Virginia cornerback Brandon Hogan had two interceptions and a fumble recovery as the Mountaineers upset Connecticut 35-13.

• BYU needed every one of Max Hall's 389 yards and five touchdowns in the Cougars' 45-42 win over Colorado State. Hall (Class of 2003) completed 29 of 35 passes.

• Florida's Tim Tebow (Class of 2004) accounted for five touchdowns in the Gators' 49-10 rout of Georgia.

• Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike (Class of 2003) threw for 281 and a pair of touchdowns as the Bearcats upset South Florida 24-10.
• Rhett Bomar (Class of 2002, 2003) threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-31 double overtime win over Stephen F. Austin.

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Andy Dalton might not be the most heralded quarterback in Texas. But with more games like Saturday, more people will learn about Texas Christian University’s quarterback.

In his second game off a knee injury that sidelined him for a couple games, Dalton (Class of 2005) carved up Wyoming in the Horned Frogs’ 54-7 win.

In a game that could have been a letdown after knocking off a top-10 BYU team, Dalton hit on 16 of 22 passes for 334 yards and four touchdowns.

Dalton hit Jimmy Young on three long touchdown passes. The pair connected on a 60-yard touchdown in the first quarter on the opening drive of the game. Early in the second quarter, it was a 55-yard strike that to double the TCU lead.

After running in a 1-yard score in the third quarter, Dalton found Moore on 39-yard pass. Dalton threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Justin Watts in the fourth quarter.
"Jimmy played great," Dalton said. "He kept getting open and I kept throwing him the ball."

• Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (Class of 2004) threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more, tying Emmett Smith’s career mark for rushing touchdowns at 36, in the Gators’ 63-5 win over Kentucky.

• Virginia quarterback Vic Hall (Class of 2004) had game-clinching interception with 1:18 left in the Cavaliers’ 24-17 win at Georgia Tech.

• Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley (Class of 2003) caught 15 passes for 168 yards and a touchdown for the top-ranked Longhorns in a 28-24 win over Oklahoma State.

• Wayne State quarterback Silas Fluellen (Class of 2005) ran for 110 yards and threw for another 149 yards and a touchdown in a 28-7 win at Augustana.

• Eric Edwards (Class of 2006) had a team-high seven tackles and forced a fumble for Abilene Christian in a 37-17 win over Tarelton State.

• Rhett Bomar (Class of 2002, 2003) threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns for Sam Houston State in a 24-16 loss at Northwestern State.

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Jacory Harris came into Saturday's game for Miami with the Hurricanes trailing Duke 14-7 and struggling to get much going on offense.

Trailing twice by 10 points to the Blue Devils, the freshman quarterback (Class of 2007) took over.

Harris threw for four touchdowns and ran for another score in the last two-plus quarters to spark a 49-31 Miami win.

Trailing 17-7 with 1:33 left in the second quarter, Harris led the Hurricanes down the field and capped off the drive with a 9-yard scoring strike with 11 seconds remaining in the half.

Again down – this time 24-14 – Harris led Miami for three touchdowns in a 12-minute span of the third quarter to take a 35-24 lead entering the final quarter.

Harris finished 18-for-28 with 185 yards passing and ran for 53 yards. He was the first Miami quarterback to throw for four touchdowns and account for five scores in one game since 2003.

• Coming in for a fumble-prone starter early in the game against California, Arizona freshman running back Keola Antolin (Class of 2007) went for 149 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns to lead the Wildcats to a 42-27 upset win.

Antolin scored on runs of 20 and 11 yards early in the second quarter, and then gave the Wildcats the lead for good in the third quarter on 1-yard plunge.

• Silas Fluellen (Class of 2005) completed 30 of 43 passes for a career-high 469 yards and five touchdowns to lead Wayne State to a 55-18 win over Winona State.

• Jahvid Best (Class of 2006) ran for 107 yards for Cal in the loss to Arizona, including a 67-yard touchdown run.

• Vic Hall (Class of 2004) had four tackles and forced a fumble in Virginia's 16-13 upset win over North Carolina.

• Jordan Shipley (Class of 2003) had a team high 89 yards receiving on eight catches for Texas in a 56-31 win over Missouri.

• Marlon Lucky (Class of 2004) ran for 74 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Nebraska in a 35-7 win at Iowa State.

• Northwestern's C.J. Bacher (Class of 2003) threw three touchdown passes and ran for a fourth as the Wildcats rolled past Purdue, 48-26.

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Jordan Shipley had one of the most storied high school careers in Texas football history. Shipley, still that state’s all-time leading receiver, left Burnet High with 264 catches and 5,424 yards, the latter being the second-best total career total in the nation.

On Saturday, Oct. 11, however, Shipley (Class of 2003) had a day to remember. He caught 11 passes, a career high, for 112 yards and a touchdown as the Texas Longhorns upset No. 1 Oklahoma, 45-35. Along the way, he returned a kickoff 96 yards and helped set up the game-winning touchdown with a key reception.

For Shipley, the game was special for other reasons. He arrived at Texas as a highly regarded recruit but missed most of his first two seasons due to injuries. But on Saturday, he helped Texas leapfrog four teams in moving from No. 5 to No. 1 in the national rankings.

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Missouri hadn’t won in Lincoln, Neb., against the Cornhuskers for 30 years – long before any members of the Tigers football team had been born. Derrick Washington made sure that streak didn’t stretch into a fourth decade.

Washington (Class of 2006) put Missouri up for good with the first of his three touchdowns in the first quarter as the Tigers’ rolled to a 52-17 win Saturday night.

"This guy is an impact player running the football,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said after the game, according to Nebraska football’s Web site. “He’s explosive, he’s very hard to tackle, he’s 220 pounds, he’s got great vision. I don’t know what to compare his style to, it’s his style, it’s what he does.”

Washington finished with 139 yards rushing on 14 carries and two touchdowns and 13 yards receiving and another score. He didn’t play in the fourth quarter.

After Nebraska tied the game at 7-7, Missouri marched down the field in just over three minutes, with Washington capping off the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run.

Washington later scored Missouri’s first two touchdowns in a 21-point third quarter. The first came on a seven-yard pass from Chase Daniel, the other on a 43-yard run.

• Oregon State’s Jacquizz Rodgers (Class of 2007) ran for 101 yards and a touchdown as the Beavers lost a close game at Utah, 31-28.

• New Hampshire running back Sean Jellison (Class of 2005) ran for 64 yards and two first quarter touchdowns in a 42-6 Granite Bowl win over Dartmouth.

• Antone Smith ran for four touchdowns, including the game-clinching 20-yarder with less than four minutes left for Florida State in a 41-39 win over rival Miami. Smith finished with 92 yards rushing.

• John Mosure (Class of 2005) returned a fumbled kickoff 7 yards for the game-sealing score in Colorado State’s 41-28 win over UNLV.

• Armanti Edwards ran for 80 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 225 yards and four scores as Appalachian State cruised to a 47-24 win over The Citadel.

• BYU quarterback Max Hall threw for 303 yards a pair of touchdowns in a 34-14 win over Utah State.

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Two years ago, Jacquizz Rodgers was a junior in high school when Oregon State knocked off a top-ranked Southern Cal team.

Thursday night, Rodgers was the star of the show as Oregon State repeated the feat.

Rodgers (Class of 2007) picked apart the Trojans’ vaunted defense in a stunning 27-21 upset of No. 1 USC. Rodgers ran for 186 yards on 37 carries and two 2-yard touchdown runs for the Beavers.

Rodgers also had 27 yards receiving on two catches.
“We couldn’t tackle him,” USC coach Pete Carroll said of Rodgers after the game. “He had a great game, he did everything they wanted him to, and gave them every chance to control the ball and get first downs.”

Oregon State became the second team to knock off the same top-ranked school twice after Michigan State topped Ohio State in 1974 and 1998.

• USC wide receiver Damian Williams (Class of 2005) had six catches for 94 yards and an acrobatic 29-yard touchdown in the Trojans’ loss.

• Jevan Snead (Class of 2005) ran for a touchdown and threw for two more, including a game-winning, 86-yard scoring strike with about 5 minutes left in Mississippi’s 31-30 upset of No. 4 Florida.

• Florida State running back Antone Smith (Class of 2004) carved up Colorado’s defense for 154 yards and three touchdowns, including a 60-yard scoring run, in the Seminoles’ 39-21 win.

• LaRod Stephens-Howling (Class of 2003) had 71 yards rushing and two fourth quarter touchdown runs to complete Pitt’s 34-24 comeback win over Syracuse.

• South Florida quarterback Matt Grothe completed 20 of 29 passes for 259 yards and a touchdown and ran for a game high 68 yards in a 41-10 win over North Carolina State.

• Matt Ticich (Class of 2003) threw a career-long 68 yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage to lead Truman to a 27-7 win over Fort Hays State. Ticich threw for 265 yards and ran for a game-high 58 yards.

• Rhett Bomar (Class of 2002, 2003) hit 22 of 29 passes for 340 yards and 5 touchdowns in Sam Houston State’s 49-33 win over Gardner-Webb.

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Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike (Class of 2003) has waited four years to get a start for the Bearcats.

Saturday, in the nation’s oldest non-conference rivalry, Pike got his shot.

Pike, who had 38 career pass attempts entering the game, was near perfect in a 45-20 win over Miami, (Ohio). Pike completed 20 of 24 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for another 33 yards.

Getting the start in place of injured quarterback Dustin Grutza, Pike threw his first touchdown pass of the night to Mardy Gilyard covering 30 yards in the second quarter. He hit Ben Guidugli and Kazeem Alli for his other two touchdown passes, which ended the scoring on the night.

“I was able to sit back there and be able to make throws,” Pike said after the game. “Our line did a great ob, and our backs were getting five yards a carry. I was reading reads and letting the receivers do it."

Coach Brian Kelly said that Pike was well prepared going into the game.“He did the things he does in practice,” Kelly said. “I think he played a very good football game. He is a very experienced football player.”

• Cornerback Jordan Mabin (Class of 2006), a redshirt freshman, had seven tackles -- including one for a loss -- and his first career interception in Northwestern’s 16-8 win over Ohio.

• Cody Hawkins (Class of 2005), threw for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Colorado downed No. 21 West Virginia 17-14 in overtime.

• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo running back James Noble (Class of 2003) ran for 118 yards on only eight carries and a 33-yard touchdown run in the Mustangs’ 52-18 win over Northwestern State.

• TCU quarterback Andy Dalton (Class of 2005) threw for 210 yards and ran for a touchdown in a 48-7 win over SMU.

• Louisville wide receiver Doug Beaumont (Class of 2005) had nine catches for 119 yards in the Cardinals’ 38-29 win over Kansas State.

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It may have been overlooked as one of the weekend’s marquee games, but South Florida and Kansas was still a match-up of a pair of top-20 teams. And Friday night in Tampa, Matt Grothe (Class of 2004), South Florida’s do-it-all quarterback, didn’t disappoint.

After South Florida spotted the No. 13 Jayhawks a 20-3 lead in the second quarter, Grothe led the No. 19-ranked Bulls back with a 37-34 win.

Grothe got the Bulls going with a 28-yard touchdown run to close the gap to 20-10 just before halftime. Grothe hit Taurus Johnson with a 21-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 20 in the third quarter.

Grothe’s second touchdown pass of the game covered 37 yards to A.J. Love to give the Bulls a 34-20 lead early in the fourth quarter. The Jayhawks would tie the game at 34-34, but a field goal as time ran out gave South Florida the win.

Grothe finished the game 32 of 43 through the air for 338 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 30 yards rushing.

• Brigham Young quarterback Max Hall (Class of 2003) hit on 27 of 35 passes for 272 yards and seven touchdowns in three quarters of work in the Cougars’ 59-0 win over UCLA.

• Damian Williams (Class of 2005) caught two touchdown passes for USC as the Trojans rolled of a 35-3 win over Ohio State.

• Freshman Jacquizz Rodgers (Class of 2007) ran for 110 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Oregon State to a 45-7 win over Hawaii.

• TCU quarterback Andy Dalton (Class of 2005) ran for a game-high 91 yards and a touchdown, and threw for another 145 yards to lead the Horned Frogs to a 31-14 win over Stanford.

• Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky (Class of 2004) ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns, and threw a 20-yard touchdown on a halfback-pass to quarterback Joe Ganz in the Cornhuskers’ 38-7 win over New Mexico State.

• St. Francis (IL) defensive back Gannon Novak (Class of 2004) had 7 solo tackles, a fumble recovery and broke up a pass in a 24-21 win over St. Xavier.

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Jahvid Best wasted no time to make his mark in his first career start for California.

Best (Class of 2006) took a handoff 80 yards on the first play from scrimmage at Washington St., giving Cal the only points it would need in a 66-3 rout.

Best, a sophomore, ran for 200 yards on 14 carries and scored three touchdowns, averaging 14.3 yards per carry.

The opening-play touchdown wasn't even Best's longest run from scrimmage: he scored on an 86-yard run on the Bears' second offensive play in the second half. It was Best's final carry of the game as the Bears had jumped out to a 49-3 lead at that point.

That touchdown, as well as a 5-yard scoring run late in the second quarter, came after interceptions by Cal's defense.

• BYU quarterback Max Hall (Class of 2003) completed 30-of-41 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns, including a 15-yard game-winning pass with 3:31 left in the game in a 28-27 win over Washington.

• Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow (Class of 2004) completed 21-of-35 passes for 256 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another 55 yards in Florida's 26-3 win over Miami.

• South Florida quarterback Matt Grothe (Class of 2004) threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, and hit Taurus Johnson on a 25-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime to lead the Bulls to a 31-24 win over Central Florida.

• Notre Dame linebacker Kerry Neal (Class of 2006) made three tackles and had a key interception that set up the Fighting Irish's go-ahead touchdown in a 21-13 win over San Diego State.

• Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead (Class of 2005) had the Rebels on the brink of an upset against No. 20 Wake Forest, thanks to a 20-of-31 passing day for 253 yards and four touchdowns, but the Demon Deacons got a field goal with 8 seconds left to win 28-27.

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Another former Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year has gone on to achieve great things.

As a sophomore at Florida this season, Tim Tebow (a 2004 honoree) was entrusted to lead the offense for the defending national champion Florida Gators, and he did to the tune of 29 touchdown passes, 22 touchdown runs, and a 9-3 record.

But he will now have something preceding his name that no sophomore ever has: Heisman Trophy Winner.

Tebow (Class of 2004), edged SEC foe Darren McFadden of Arkansas in winning the Heisman Trophy Dec. 8.

“I want to accept this award on behalf of my coaches, teammates and the entire Gator Nation,” Tebow said after winning the award. “This award is more about them than it is for me. I am very proud to represent the University of Florida.”

Tebow becomes the third Florida quarterback to win the Heisman, following Steve Spurrier (1966) and Danny Wuerffel (1996). Florida is also the second school to have three quarterbacks win the Heisman Trophy, joining Notre Dame. Tebow's tied the NCAA record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, and has 30 in 26 games, trailing Emmitt Smith by six touchdowns for the school record for rushing TDs. Tebow led the conference in scoring, total offense and passing efficiency, and his 51 touchdowns were more than 87 teams in the Bowl Subdivision.

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• Armanti Edwards (Class of 2005) completed 15 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 126 yards on 23 carries and another touchdown in Appalachian State's 38-35 win over Eastern Washington.

• Senior wide receiver Matt Sieverson ran for 142 yards on 27 carries and a 38-yard touchdown run for Oregon State in the Beavers' 38-31 double overtime win in The Civil War over Oregon.

• Taylor Mays recovered a fumble and made three tackles for Southern Cal in the Trojans' 24-7 City Rivalry win over UCLA.

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It may not have been the stiffest of competition for Florida and quarterback Tim Tebow. But it was a day full of major accomplishments.

Tebow (Class of 2004) threw for a career-high 338 yards on 25 for 34 passing and three touchdowns in the Gators' 59-20 win over Florida Atlantic.

With his 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, Tebow became the only player in NCAA history to rush for more than 20 touchdowns and pass for more than 20 touchdowns in a season.

The rushing touchdown was Tebow's 20th, which gave him the most of any player in SEC history as he surpassed Shaun Alexander, LeBrandon Toefield and Garrison Hearst.

• Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards (Class of 2005) ran for four touchdowns and 157 yards to lead the Mountaineers to a 37-17 win over Chattanooga to clinch a share of their third straight Southern Conference title.

• Texas Tech safety Joe Garcia (Class of 2002) had a team high eight tackles in the Red Raiders' 34-20 upset win over Oklahoma.

• Defensive back Steve Williams notched an interception for Harvard in their 37-7 win over Yale in The Game.

• South Florida quarterback Matt Grothe (Class of 2004) threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 67 yards and a touchdowns in the Bulls’ 55-17 win over Louisville.

• Northwestern's C.J. Bacher completed 29 of 49 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns as the Wildcats dropped a 41-22 decision at Illinois.

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A week after using his legs for a school rushing record for quarterbacks, Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards used his arm.

Edwards (Class of 2005), was near perfect, completing 26 of 31 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns in the Mountaineers’ 79-35 win over Western Carolina.

A sophomore, Edwards helped ASU pull away in what was a close game early on. With the Mountaineers leading 10-7, Edwards hit Hans Batichon for a 7-yard touchdown pass.

Batichon caught Edwards’ other touchdown pass, a 10-yarder with 18 seconds left in the first half.

Early in the second quarter, Edwards capped off a 90-yard, 12-play drive with the first of his three touchdown runs, a 3-yarder. His other two runs covered 4 and 2 yards.

• Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton (Class of 2004) had 141 yards rushing and a touchdown, as well as 72 receiving in the Wildcats' 31-28 come-from-behind victory over Indiana.

• Southern Cal's Taylor Mays (Class of 2005) had a team-high 10 tackles and a game-high three pass break-ups in USC's 24-17 win at Cal.

• Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky (Class of 2004) ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns, and caught six passes for 73 yards and another score in the Cornhuskers' 73-31 win over Kansas State.

• Truman quarterback Matt Ticich (Class of 2003) threw five touchdown passes and ran for a team-high 72 yards in a 37-28 win over Missouri Western.

• Silas Fluellen (Class of 2005) threw for 406 yards and two touchdowns on 27 of 41 passing and ran for 96 more yards in Wayne State College's 59-34 loss to Winona State.

• Sean Bailey (Class of 2002) caught 4 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown for Georgia in the Bulldogs' 45-20 win over Auburn.

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A week after being part of one of the most staggering offensive shows in college football history, Weber State's Trevyn Smith put on a pretty good solo show.

Smith (Class of 2004) ran for 115 yards and three touchdowns, and picked up 120 yards receiving and two more touchdowns in the Wildcats' 52-37 win at Idaho State.

Trailing 10-0 after the first quarter, Smith single-handedly hauled Weber State into a lead they would never relinquish. He caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Cameron Higgins to make the score 10-7 ISU. He then scored on touchdown runs of 9 and 1 yard in the last 3:30 of the first half to give WSU a 21-10 lead.

Idaho State rallied twice in the fourth quarter to get within a touchdown, but Smith delivered a couple of daggers. The first, with a 38-31 lead, Smith took a pass 59 yards for a touchdown to give Weber State 45-31 lead.

ISU scored, but missed the extra point to get within 8, before Smith scored his final touchdown, a 3-yard run on the first play after the Wildcats recovered a fumble.

• Quarterback Tim Tebow (Class of 2004) accounted for five touchdowns – three through the air and a pair of 1-yard runs – in Florida's 49-22 win over Vanderbilt.

• Florida wide receiver Andre Caldwell (Class of 2002) caught nine passes for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Gators' win over the Commodores.

• Tennessee's Lennon Creer (Class of 2006) ran for 109 yards on only seven carries and a 30-yard touchdown run in the Vols 59-7 win over Louisiana-Lafayette.

• Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards (Class of 2005) ran for a school-record 291 yards and touchdowns of 80 and 25 yards in the Mountaineers’ 45-24 win at The Citadel. Edwards also threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns.

• Toddrick Pendland (Class of 2004) scored a rushing touchdown and returned a kickoff 94 yards for another touchdown in McNeese State's 49-20 win over Stephen F. Austin.

• Oklahoma's D.J. Wolfe (Class of 2003) made a game-high 12 tackles and recovered a fumble in the Sooners' 42-14 win over Texas A&M.

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Weber State and Portland State set a handful of records in Weber's 73-68 win Saturday. And a big part of those records was sophomore running back Trevyn Smith..

Smith (Class of 2004) ran for 225 yards on 38 carries and a 2-yard touchdown run for the Wildcats in the win.

The touchdown proved especially important: Weber State had led 66-53 before the scoring run. Portland State scored two touchdowns in the last 3 minutes of the game to give the game the final margin.

Smith's backfield-mate, quarterback Cameron Higgins, had 440 yards of offense and accounted for seven touchdowns. Portland State quarterback Drew Hubel tied an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision single-game record with nine touchdown passes.

The two teams combined for a college football single-game record 141 points, breaking the FCS record of 125 from 2000, and the previous all-division record of 136 set by Boise State and Nevada two weeks ago.

The Wildcats and Vikings also scored a combined 20 touchdowns to break an FCS single-game mark of 17.

• Matt Ticich (Class of 2003) threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns to lead Truman to a 33-30, come-from-behind overtime victory over Emporia State.

• Linebacker Jake McGuckin had four tackles, 1.5 for a loss and an interception in Grand Valley State's 34-7 win over Ferris State.

• Sam Keller (Class of 2002) threw for 298 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Nebraska in the Cornhuskers' 28-25 loss to Texas.

• Antone Smith (Class of 2004) ran 23 times for 146 yards in Florida State's 25-6 win over Duke.

• Louisiana Tech running back Patrick Jackson (Class of 2004) ran for 101 yards and pair of touchdowns in Tech's 31-21 win at Utah State.

• Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards ran for a game-high 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and threw for 211 yards and a touchdown is the Mountaineers 34-27 win over Furman.

 

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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow had a couple of sub-par games as the Gators picked up a couple losses.

Flying under the radar coming into their game at No. 7 Kentucky, Tebow picked his game up.

Tebow (Class of 2004) threw for three of his four touchdowns in the first half and ran for a second-half touchdown as the Gators upset the Wildcats 45-37.

The sophomore quarterback completed 18 of his 26 passes for 256 yards. His touchdowns covered 10, 66, 1 and 8 yards, but his rushing touchdown proved to be as important.

Tebow capped off a five play, 55-yard drive with a 2-yard plunge to give Florida a 45-33 lead.

• Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards ran for 220 yards – a school-record for a quarterback – and threw for 178 yards and a touchdown in the Mountaineers' 38-35 loss to Georgia Southern.

• C.J. Bacher (Class of 2003) ran and threw for fourth quarter touchdown passes to lead Northwestern to a 26-14 win over Eastern Michigan. Bacher ended the game with 361 yards passing. Teammate Omar Conteh (Class of 2004) ran for 122 yards and a touchdown.

• Harvard defensive back Steve Williams (Class of 2003) had two interceptions, two tackles and a broken up pass in the Crimson's 27-10 win over Princeton.

• McNeese State running back Toddrick Pendland (Class of 2004) ran for 90 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to a 31-21 win over Sam Houston State.

• Troy Robison had a game-high six tackles and recovered a fumble in the Coast Guard Academy's 46-10 win over Worcester State.

 

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Matt Grothe continues to do it all for South Florida, which has become one of the best stories in college football this year.

The redshirt sophomore (Class of 2004) shredded an upset-minded Central Florida team for 212 yards passing and 100 yards rushing as the fifth-ranked Bulls rolled to a 64-12 win.

With Central Florida hanging tough in the first quarter, The Bulls defense forced a turnover at the Knights' 20. Three plays later, Grothe ran in a 6-yard touchdown run.

With 2 seconds left in the first half, Grothe hooked up with Taurus Johnson on a 9-yard pass.

On his last two drives of the game, Grothe ran in another 6-yard touchdown and threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Hill as the Bulls ran away with it.

• TCU quarterback Andy Dalton (Class of 2005) threw for 344 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Horned Frogs' 38-36 win at Stanford. Dalton completed 23 of 34 passes and added a touchdown run.

• C.J. Bacher (Class of 2003) threw for 470 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another in Northwestern's 49-48, double-overtime win over Minnesota.

• Xavier Lee (Class of 2003) threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a 17-yard touchdown in Florida State's 24-21 loss to Wake Forest.

• Jordan Shipley (Class of 2003) scored the only touchdown Texas would need in beating Iowa State, when he caught a 58 yard score from Colt McCoy on the Longhorns' first play from scrimmage in a 56-3 win. He added another TD catch and finished with 71 yards receiving.

• Sean Jellison (Class of 2005) ran for 65 yards on 10 carries and two touchdowns to lead New Hampshire to a 49-21 win over Iona.

• Fresno State's Lonyae Miller (Class of 2005) ran for 108 yards on 18 carries and a pair of touchdowns as the Bulldogs torched Idaho 37-24.

• Virginia's Vic Hall (Class of 2004) had five tackles, a fumble recovery and a 35-yard pass completion in the Cavaliers' 17-16 win over UConn, which had been one of the last few unbeaten teams in Division I-A.

 

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For several years, Northwestern's wide-open offense has wreaked havoc on opposing defenses. But until Saturday, none of the quarterbacks who choreographed the prolific offense had a day like C.J. Bacher. Bacher (class of 2003) completed 38 of 48 passes for five touchdowns and a school-record 520 yards in a 48-41 overtime win at Michigan State. "C.J. is a gamer," Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said after the game. “He's been progressively improving, I think our offensive line gave tremendous protection today, we spread the ball well, we got the ball to our weapons, and we had a lot of guys make big plays.

“I just said it a week ago, C.J. is just starting to embark on his first full year of being a starting quarterback. I just see him making more and more strides and I'm excited about his future."

Bacher threw his first touchdown pass of the game with 13 seconds left in the first half, a 9-yard strike to Ross Lane.

After MSU tied it early in the third quarter, Bacher connected with Jeff Yarbrough on a 78-yard touchdown. The teams would alternate touchdowns the rest of the half, with Bacher throwing a 1-yard scoring pass to Lane and a 70-yard pass to Eric Peterman

Bacher lofted a perfect 12-yard pass to another Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year alum, Omar Conteh (Class of 2004), on the first possession of overtime for the game winner.

• Northwestern’s Conteh, in addition to catching the game-winning touchdown pass, ran for two first quarter touchdowns and had 149 yards of total offense for the Wildcats.

• Lonyae Miller (Class of 2005) ran for 95 yards and sealed Fresno State's 49-41 win over Nevada with a 71-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

• Notre Dame defensive stars Tom Zbikowski (Class of 2002) and Kerry Neal (Class of 2006) helped lead the Fighting Irish to its first win of the season, 20-6 over UCLA. Zbikowski had five tackles, including one for a loss, a forced fumble and a sack. Neal had three tackles, a fumble recovery and broke up a pass.

• Defensive back Ryan Greiser (Class of 2004) had 10 tackles – 1.5 for losses – and a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown for Liberty as the Flames upset bid of Toledo fell short, 35-34.

• Xavier Lee (Class of 2003) threw for 257 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score to lead Florida State to a 27-10 win over North Carolina State.