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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 5, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Mark Sanchez threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night and No. 9 Southern California stormed back from a stunning loss to rout No. 23 Oregon 44-10.

The Trojans (3-1, 1-1 Pac-10) shook off a defeat at Oregon State in Corvallis that knocked them out of the No. 1 ranking, and dominated the Ducks (4-2, 2-1), who had been considered the better of Oregon's two Pac-10 schools.

Sanchez, coming off a so-so performance in the 27-21 loss, completed 19 of 28 and did not throw an interception.

He threw to seven different receivers, with Joe McKnight catching five passes for 86 yards, and Patrick Turner grabbing five for 77 yards and a TD.

NO. 1 OKLAHOMA 49,

BAYLOR 17

WACO, Texas - Oklahoma remembers how to play the role of No. 1.

Sam Bradford threw for 379 yards with two touchdowns, DeMarco Murray ran for two scores and four other Sooners got into the end zone in another lopsided victory over Baylor in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

Bradford threw a 53-yard TD to Manuel Johnson only 70 seconds into the game for the Sooners (5-0), who built a 28-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.

The Sooners have never lost to Baylor (2-3), winning all 18 games in the series.

NO. 5 TEXAS 38,

COLORADO 14

BOULDER, Colo. - Chris Ogbonnaya scored two touchdowns and saved another in fifth-ranked Texas' rout of Colorado (3-2, 0-1 Big 12).

The oft-overlooked senior running back scored on a 65-yard dump-off and a 13-yard gallop through the befuddled Buffs' defense, then saved a score when he chased down cornerback Jalil Brown at the Texas 16 after a rare interception of Colt McCoy, who was picked off twice.

Ogbonnaya's trio of tremendous plays helped the Longhorns (5-0, 1-0) take a 21-0 halftime lead and assured there would be no peeking toward next weekend's Red River Rivalry showdown against top-ranked Oklahoma in Dallas.

NO. 7 TEXAS TECH 58,

KANSAS ST. 28

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Graham Harrell threw six touchdown passes and shattered the Texas Tech record for career yards passing, leading the No. 7 Red Raiders past Kansas State in a lopsided Big 12 opener.

Lyle Leong snared three of the scoring passes from Harrell, who was 38-for-51 for 454 yards. Texas Tech (5-0, 1-0 Big 12), with its highest ranking in 32 years, scored on seven straight possessions and did not attempt a punt until Stefan Loucks replaced Harrell.

Leong had scoring catches of 1 yard in the first quarter, 15 in the second and 7 in the third against the Wildcats (3-2, 0-1). Michael Crabtree had nine catches for 107 yards and two TDs.

NO. 16 KANSAS 35,

IOWA STATE 33

AMES, Iowa - Todd Reesing threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 16 Kansas stormed back from a 20-point hole before hanging on to beat Iowa State.

Kerry Meier caught seven passes for 125 yards and two TDs for the Jayhawks (4-1, 1-0 Big 12), who tied the third-biggest comeback in school history by outscoring the Cyclones 35-13 in the second half.

Austin Arnaud threw for a career-high 268 yards and three touchdowns for Iowa State (2-3, 0-1), which blew a golden opportunity for its first win over a ranked team since 2005.

NO. 21 OKLAHOMA ST. 56,

TEXAS A&M 28

STILLWATER, Okla. - Dez Bryant caught three passes for touchdowns and scored another on a punt return, and No. 21 Oklahoma State took advantage of five first-half turnovers in rolling over Texas A&M.

The Cowboys set a school record by surpassing 50 points for the fourth straight game, but not without some big help from their defense and special teams. Ugo Chinasa and Patrick Lavine each scored on interception returns as Oklahoma State (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) snapped a four-game losing streak to the Aggies (2-3, 0-1).

NOTRE DAME 28,

STANFORD 21

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 347 yards and three touchdown passes and Notre Dame held on to defeat Stanford.

Notre Dame's seventh straight victory against the Cardinal (3-3) looked as if it was going to be a rout when the Fighting Irish (4-1) led 28-7 in the fourth quarter.

Stanford made a late run behind Tavita Pritchard. He threw a 1-yard pass to Jim Dray and a 10-yard TD pass to Doug Baldwin with 6 minutes left to close to within a touchdown.

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