No. 12 Mississippi St. Struggles in Opener
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Two of the three ranked teams playing on the opening night of the college basketball season cruised to easy wins. Then there was Mississippi State.
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Ben Obomanu used to be curious about the goats of the sports world, the guys who had the game in their hands and failed. "Wow, I wonder how that guy feels," he'd ask himself. He doesn't have to ask anymore. Not since "The Drop," his own moment of infamy when a chance to beat Mississippi last season slipped through his hands in the end zone, turning his dream game into a nightmare.
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Besides the fact that Hurricane Frances impacted some games in Florida, it would be hard to top the opening weekend of this year&#39;s college football season.
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Steve Vallos just couldn't help it. Sure, the left tackle was pleased with Wake Forest's fast start to the season. But when the focus turned to the struggles of in-state rivals North Carolina, North Carolina State and Duke, he broke into a reluctant smile before discussing this weekend's game at Mississippi.
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Sylvester Croom's first big win for Mississippi State sent Florida to a new low under coach Ron Zook. Jerious Norwood's 37-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds remaining lifted Mississippi State to a 38-31 upset of the 20th-ranked Gators on Saturday.
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Christian Ducre scores the go-ahead touchdown with 5:15 to play and Mississippi State stops Auburn inside the 10 in the final seconds for a 19-14 upset of the Tigers Saturday.
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Getting to the New Orleans Bowl was more difficult than ever for North Texas. The Mean Green open the bowl season against Southern Mississippi on Tuesday night in the Superdome, the culmination of a season that was a struggle on and off the field for the Sun Belt Conference champs.
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Lawrence Roberts scored 21 of his season-high 27 points in the first half to lead No. 22 Mississippi State to an 83-53 rout of Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday night.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. Mississippi State upset 20th-ranked Florida 38-to-31, getting a 37-yard touchdown run from Jerious Norwood with 32 seconds left.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. - Ron Zook didn&#39;t just lose a game Saturday; he lost a piece â- big piece â -himself. The usually energetic Florida coach looked exhausted after his team&#39;s 38-31 collapse against 24 1/2-point underdog Mississippi State.
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Dwayne Curtis had 20 points and 12 rebounds and freshman Trevor Gaskins scored 19 points and No. 18 Mississippi snapped a six-game losing streak to Florida with an 89-87 victory Wednesday night.
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Wesley Carroll threw for two touchdowns and Mississippi State forced a season-high six turnovers in a 31-14 victory over No. 14 Kentucky on Saturday. Kentucky (6-2, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) has lost two straight since knocking off then-No. 1 LSU in triple overtime.
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Savannah State and Prairie View, you're not alone. Southern Mississippi once went through an entire season without a win, too.
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LSU puts its 10-game winning streak on the line when the defending co-national champs face a difficult road test. Auburn has rolled in its opening two games against Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State, but the Tigers haven&#39;t been tested.
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Sylvester Croom and Mississippi State capped a turnaround season built on defense with one of their stingiest efforts.
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Brad Lester rushed for two touchdowns and Brandon Cox passed for two more as No. 4 Auburn overpowered Mississippi State 34-0 on Saturday.
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Marcus Vick found a seam between two St. Louis defenders, stumbled backward yet still caught Cleo Lemon's pass for his first touchdown of the preseason.