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Oct. 4, 1952 That was the last time Kentucky had beaten Texas A&M. On Saturday in College Station, the Wildcats finally closed the book: 31-21 against the No. 9 team in the nation. The two programs had met only four times. Nobody in that locker room was carrying an old grudge. It didn’t make the…

Chambliss seals it with his legs Ole Miss beat LSU 32-24 on Saturday in Oxford. The No. 8 team in the country knocked off No. 7 and, as a bonus, its former head coach. Lane Kiffin was back on the campus he once ran before heading to Louisiana. Trinidad Chambliss delivered the run that put…

Purdue scored on the first snap of the game and still lost by 14 A 75-yard Ryan Browne throw to Xavier Townsend, one play in, and the Boilermakers were up. It did not hold. UCLA won 52-38 in Pasadena on Friday night in its first Big Ten game. Wayne Knight carried it 177 yards and…

Out for at least four games The New York Jets have placed Omar Cooper Jr. on injured reserve. NFL Network reported the move on Saturday. The receiver did not take part in any practice this week after being bothered by an ankle injury. Going on injured reserve means he must miss a minimum of four…

A foot that just would not cooperate He spent three days hanging around practice without ever really joining in. Michael Pittman was limited on Wednesday, then did nothing at all on Thursday and Friday. The foot simply was not up to it. The Steelers made the call on Saturday. The receiver has gone from doubtful…

Five offensive snaps, one catch, and now a month on the sideline. The Jets’ first-round receiver is heading to injured reserve before his rookie season has really started.

Leavitt removed from the report as LSU keeps everyone guessing Doubtful on Wednesday. Questionable on Thursday. Gone from the list entirely by Friday night. Sam Leavitt’s week has been a moving target, and LSU pulled its quarterback off the SEC medical report on the eve of the showdown with Ole Miss in Oxford. Under SEC…

Inches, not much more Conner Weigman saw the field close up. Nobody free. So he ran. There were 49 seconds left in Lubbock, Houston had just cut it to 28-26, and the Cougars needed the two-point try to tie it. The quarterback put his head down and charged. Austin Romaine stopped him. Replay backed it…

Eight drives, eight touchdowns Oregon scored a touchdown on all eight of its first possessions. Then it kept going. In all, 12 of the Ducks’ 13 offensive drives ended in the end zone in a brutal 84-0 rout of Portland State on Friday in Eugene. Those 84 points set a new Autzen Stadium scoring record.…