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Tulsa Blows Past Ball State 45-13

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A Tribune staff, wire report

Published: January 7, 2009

Updated: 01/07/2009 06:00 am

MOBILE, Ala. - Tulsa raced to another GMAC Bowl win and a couple more records, too.

Tarrion Adams rushed for 207 yards and three touchdowns in the 45-13 win against No. 23 Ball State on a soggy Tuesday night. The Golden Hurricane (11-3) finished with a school-record 11 victories.

Adams passed Micheal Gunter to become Tulsa's career rushing leader. Tulsa had 439 yards rushing and 632 overall - hardly slowing down a bit by rain that first formed puddles and then covered nearly the entire field during a second-half deluge.

David Johnson passed for 193 yards and three touchdowns, most of that to freshman Damaris Johnson. Tulsa kicker Jarod Tracy became the school's career scoring leader.

Utah: BCS May Violate Antitrust

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's attorney general is investigating the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utes team was left out of the national title game for the second time in five years.

Attorney General Mark Shurtleff contends the BCS unfairly puts schools like Utah, which is a member of a conference without an automatic bid to the lucrative bowl games, at a competitive and financial disadvantage.

"We've established that from the very first day, from the very first kickoff in the college season, more than half of the schools are put on an unlevel playing field," Shurtleff said. "They will never be allowed to play for a national championship."

Shurtleff said his office is still in the initial stages of reviewing the Sherman Antitrust Act to see if a lawsuit can be filed.

WON ONE FOR THE GIPPER: The legal fight over exhuming the remains of Notre Dame football great George Gipp may have ended.

The Michigan Court of Appeals last month refused to hear an appeal of a decision to reject a lawsuit filed by two men who say they are Gipp's distant cousins.

The previous month, his body had been removed from a cemetery to determine if he had fathered a child out of wedlock before dying in 1920. DNA testing produced negative results.

USF: Senior wide receiver Taurus Johnson said he has been selected to play in the Jan. 17 East-West Shrine Game in Houston. Also, USF's annual spring football game at Raymond James Stadium has tentatively been scheduled for April 18.

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