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C4 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM SEC Georgia jolts Vols late in shootout FRESHMEN BACKS SEC STANDINGS GASH TENNESSEE, 51-44 East Associated Press Conf. All Todd Gurley ran for three Georgia ............3-0 5-0 touchdowns and fellow fresh- South Carolina ......3-0 5-0 man Keith Marshall added Florida ............3-0 4-0 two as No. 5 Georgia recov- Missouri ...........0-2 3-2 ered after blowing a 17-point Tennessee ..........0-2 3-2 lead to beat visiting Tennes- Vanderbilt ..........0-2 1-3 CHRISTOPHER JACKSON | ASSOCIATED PRESS see 51-44 on Saturday in the Kentucky ...........0-2 1-4 West Virginia’s Geno Smith gestured to fans after passing for highest-scoring game ever be- Western 656 yards and eight touchdowns in a 70-63 win over Baylor. tween the SEC rivals. LSU ..............2-0 5-0 Georgia (5-0, 3-0 SEC), Alabama ...........1-0 4-0 which had never scored more Mississippi St. .......1-0 4-0 points against the Volunteers, Mississippi .........1-0 3-1 AROUND needed three takeaways in Texas A&M .........0-1 2-1 the final six minutes to stay BRANT SANDERLIN | ASSOCIATED PRESS Auburn ............0-2 1-3 unbeaten. Twice Sanders Georgia freshman running back Todd Gurley eluded Tennessee’s Arkansas ...........0-2 1-4 Commings intercepted Tyler THE NATION Byron Moore, center, and Brent Brewer en route to a 51-yard Saturday’s games Bray’s passes and in between touchdown. Gurley scored twice more in a 130-yard day. SATURDAY’S BIG GAMES AND TOP PERFORMANCES the Tennessee quarterback South Carolina 38, Kentucky 17 was stripped from behind and two touchdowns and three 51 straight points. It broke Missouri 21, Central Florida 16 the fumble was recovered by interceptions. Rajion Neal a three-game losing streak Texas A&M 58, Arkansas 10 TOP GAMES Georgia’s John Jenkins. had 104 yards rushing with a to the Razorbacks, who beat Georgia 51, Tennessee 44 “You can get into statis- touchdown and also caught a A&M 42-38 last season after LSU 38, Towson 22 West Virginia outslugs Baylor tics, but the bottom line is touchdown pass. trailing 35-17 at halftime. Mississippi at Alabama (n) a lot of games are going to Murray completed 19 of 25 “I’m really, really happy in record-setting scorefest come down to the end where for 278 yards with two touch- for them as a group,” Texas somebody has to make a downs, one interception. Mur- A&M Coach Kevin Sumlin touchdown for Texas A&M. No. 9 West Virginia 70, No. 25 Baylor 63: Geno Smith and the play,” Georgia Coach Mark ray also lost a fumble. said of his seniors. “It’s some- Ryan Swope had five re- fast-moving, high-scoring Mountaineers (4-0) proved they fit right in Richt said. Texas A&M 58, Arkansas thing that they wanted badly ceptions for 141 yards and with their new conference, outracing visiting Baylor (3-1) in the Big Aaron Murray threw two 10: Johnny Manziel shattered in their college career.” a touchdown, recording his 12’s highest-scoring game ever. Smith tied a conference mark with third-quarter touchdown school records for yards pass- Manziel added 104 yards school-record 10th career eight touchdown passes and narrowly missed another one with 656 passes to Michael Bennett for ing and total offense in Texas rushing to also break the 100-yard game. Thomas John- yards passing. the Bulldogs. A&M’s win over Arkansas in school record for yards of to- son added 108 yards receiving “It did feel like one of those classic Texas shootouts,” said Smith, Georgia led 27-10 early College Station. tal offense with 557. and Mike Evans had 83 yards whose school moved over from the Big East this season. “That’s kind in the second quarter before of what the Big 12 is about.” Manziel threw for 453 “Manziel is awfully good and a score as A&M piled up Smith outdueled Baylor’s Nick Florence, who broke Heisman Tennessee took the lead with yards and three touchdowns and he made a lot of good 716 yards of total offense. Trophy-winning predecessor Robert Griffin III’s school record with 581 20 unanswered points. and ran for another score to plays,” Smith said. “He’s No. 3 LSU 38, Towson 22: yards. Florence threw for five TDs. “It’s nice to have a gut- lead the Aggies to their first something.” Zach Mettenberger connected The game also set a new record for the most points scored in check and come out on top,” Southeastern Conference Manziel, a freshman, has ac- with Odell Beckham Jr. five a game involving a team ranked in The Associated Press poll. The said Richt. win. counted for 15 touchdowns in times for 128 yards and two previous mark of 124 was set in No. 12 Oklahoma’s 82-42 win over Tennessee (3-2, 0-2 SEC) “There’s a lot of points that the Aggies’ last three games. touchdowns, and host LSU Colorado in 1980. took its third straight loss in he left on the field,” Texas He finished 29-for-38. overcame nagging offensive How wild was it? Smith, the early Heisman front-runner, had more the series under Coach Derek A&M offensive coordinator Arkansas quarterback sloppiness in a victory over TD passes than incompletions (six). He finished 45 of 51 and still Dooley, the son of Georgia’s Kliff Kingsbury said of Man- Tyler Wilson threw for 373 overmatched but feisty Tow- doesn’t have an interception this season. former longtime coach Vince ziel. “So that’s exciting. He’s yards and a touchdown, but son. “Can you please tell me how you can improve on that?” West Dooley. not extremely comfortable in he threw two interceptions as Mettenberger’s scoring Virginia Coach Dana Holgorsen said. “We are better in a lot of the offense yet. Once he gets Arkansas was shut out after strikes to Beckham went for Maybe not on offense, but both defenses have plenty of work to areas, but we have to shore there, the sky’s the limit.” the first quarter. 53 and 27 yards, and LSU’s do. West Virginia amassed a school-record 807 yards and the teams up the run defense,” Derek The Razorbacks were done “Total yards and offense, quarterback finished with 238 combined for 1,507 yards of offense and 67 first downs. Six receivers Dooley said. “Georgia is a in by a porous pass defense we had a bunch,” Wilson said. yards passing. Still, Metten- had at least 100 yards receiving. great running team but we and three turnovers, as their “Unfortunately, those don’t berger missed some open re- The Bears’ Terrance Williams set a Big 12 record with 314 yards are a lot better than what we once-promising season contin- turn into points.” ceivers and his fumble — one receiving. The old mark was set minutes earlier by West Virginia’s showed out there today. It ued to crumble with a fourth Smith was impressed of three LSU turnovers — led Stedman Bailey, who had 303 yards and a school-record five TDs. was frustrating.” straight loss. with the way Wilson fought to the first of two touchdown The combined 19 touchdowns tied an FBS mark, last reached Gurley had 24 carries for It was a defeat that left when Navy beat North Texas 74-62 in 2007. That matchup set the throughout the tough loss. runs by Towson’s Terrance FBS record for most points in a regulation game at 136. 130 yards. Marshall had 164 Coach John L. Smith answer- “I think Tyler hung in West. The Mountaineers now must hope they can generate points on yards on only 10 carries. ing questions about how to there. I’ve got to continue to West’s first TD run gave the road when they head to No. 12 Texas and Texas Tech over the next “We know what we’re ca- keep his team positive. pat him on the back,” Smith Towson, an FCS team, a stun- two weeks. “Not every Big 12 game is like this,” Holgorsen said. pable of,” said Gurley, who “Let them know that you said. “Nothing at all to say ning 9-7 lead in the second has rushed for more than 100 can’t give up on each other,” negative about that young quarter before LSU responded ’Canes QB throws for 566 yards, 5 TDs yards in four of his first five he said. “We haven’t given up man. He took some shots to- with 24 straight points. games. “We did our thing. We on anybody. You have to keep Miami 44, N.C. State 37: Stephen Morris threw for a school-re- day. They came after us and J.C. Copeland, LSU’s cord 566 yards and five touchdowns, the last a 62-yard strike to Phil- executed.” believing. ‘Quit’ isn’t in our came after us, and came after 272-pound fullback, scored his lip Dorsett with 19 seconds left, and host Miami beat North Carolina Bray moved the Vols in- vocabulary, and you can’t al- us. We have to do a better job third touchdown of the season State for the Hurricanes’ first three-game winning streak since 2009. side the Georgia 35 late in the low it to be.” of protecting that kid.” on a 1-yard plunge, but was Dorsett caught seven passes for 192 yards and two scores for Miami game before he fumbled.