Alabama holds off Colorado
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SHREVEPORT, La. - John Parker Wilson completed 13 of his first 15 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns and Alabama raced to a four-touchdown lead, then held off Colorado, 30-24, in the Independence Bowl last night.
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Earnest Shelton scored 19 points and Chuck Davis added 10 for the Crimson Tide (10-1), winners of six straight since their only loss of the season to Washington on November 27.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Southern California remained a strong No. 1 in the latest Associated Press college football poll after a 49-0 rout of Colorado State on Saturday.
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Punter John Torp ran 22 yards on a fake punt for the first down and Joel Klatt followed with his second touchdown pass of the game, leading Colorado to a 33-28 victory in the Houston Bowl over Texas El-Paso on Wednesday night.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. The second-ranked Oklahoma Sooners got three touchdowns passing from Jason White and three more running from Adrian Peterson to dismantle overmatched Colorado 42-to-3 in the Big 12 title game.
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Alabama has the nation's top pass defense and ranks second overall. No team in major college football allows fewer points than No. 2 Auburn.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Todd Pegram kicked a 19-yard field goal in overtime and Lee Foliaki recovered a fumble on the next possession, giving No. 17 Texas A&amp;M a 29-26 victory over Colorado yesterday.
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Rich Rodriguez couldn't bear to leave West Virginia. And once again, Alabama failed to get its man.
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Oklahomaâs hold on second place in the Bowl Championship Series standings is getting more precarious by the week. Auburn more than halved its deficit to the Sooners for the all-important second spot in the latest BCS rankings released Monday.
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Colorado will have more to remember about this season than just scandal and turmoil &#151; most notably, a trip to the Big 12 title game that seemed nearly impossible just a few weeks ago.
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Kennedy Winston scored 26 points and Jermareo Davidson had a game-high 13 rebounds to lift No. 22 Alabama to a 66-58 win over Mississippi on Saturday.
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Matt Caddell caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone from John Parker Wilson with 8 seconds left, lifting Alabama to a 41-38 victory over No. 16 Arkansas on Saturday night, for the first major win of the Nick Saban era.
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Colorado is on the fringes of the playing field in the presidential campaign, a Republican-leaning state that Democratic Sen. John Kerry has in his sights because of its weak economy and growing Hispanic population.
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NO. 22 WASHINGTON 79, NO. 19 ALABAMA 76: At Anchorage, Alaska - Will Conroy scored 18 points, leading five Huskies in double-figures scoring and Washington (4-0) won the Great Alaska Shootout title game over Alabama (4-1) on Saturday night.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee turned to its defense to turn back Alabama's late rally, and the 11th-ranked Volunteers held on for a 17-13 victory in the final seconds last night. The Crimson Tide (5-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) were trailing by a touchdown when Brian Bostick's 47-yard field goal with 6:26 left pulled Alabama within 4 points.
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John Parker Wilson completed 13 of his first 15 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns and Alabama raced to a four-touchdown lead, then held off Colorado 30-24 in the Independence Bowl on Sunday night.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Cedric Benson rushed for 188 yards and scored two touchdowns and No. 7 Texas took advantage of a late Arkansas fumble deep in Longhorns' territory to hold off the Razorbacks, 22-20, last night.