MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015 SPORTS Ohio stroll past Indiana BLOOMINGTON: Ezekiel Elliott had an for another. electrifying second half with touchdown LJ Scott ran for 146 yards and two runs of 55, 65 and 75 yards and finished touchdowns, and Michigan State held on with a career-best 274 yards to help top- through a lackluster second half to beat ranked Ohio State hold off Indiana 34-27 Purdue 24-21. for its 18th win in a row in College Football The Spartans led 21-0 at halftime, but on Saturday. It was hard day for several of Purdue had the ball near midfield with a the top-10 ranked teams in action. chance to tie or take the lead before David Florida upset No.3-ranked Mississippi, Blough threw incomplete on fourth down Alabama reasserted its national title cre- with about a minute to play in the game. dentials with victory over No.8 Georgia, Michigan State’s Connor Cook went 13 of No.2-ranked Michigan State survived a 19 for 139 yards and a touchdown, and scare from Purdue, and Clemson downed became the school’s career leader with his No.6-ranked Notre Dame. 28th victory as the starting quarterback. Ohio State was made to work for its vic- Trevone Boykin threw five touchdown tory at Indiana. Especially at the end, when passes, including four to freshman Buckeyes cornerback Eli Apple batted away KaVontae Turpin, and No.4-ranked TCU a desperation pass in the back of the end rode a 30-point first quarter to a second zone as time expired. straight rout of Texas, 50-7. From the start, the game was full of sur- Josh Doctson broke the TCU record for prises. Indiana gambled twice on fourth receiving TDs with a pair of scores and the down in the first half - including a fake punt Horned Frogs won their 13th straight from its 16 that failed. Ohio State fumbled game, second nationally to Ohio State’s 18- four times and wound up with three game run. turnovers and eight major penalties. Seth Russell passed for 286 yards and The teams combined for four scoring four touchdowns and ran for two more runs - three from Elliott - that went for scores, Shock Linwood ran for a career-high more than 50 yards during a 13-minute 221 yards and two touchdowns and fifth- stretch in the second half. ranked Baylor began its pursuit of a third The Buckeyes also extended their Big consecutive Big 12 championship with a Ten regular-season record streak to 25 in a 63-35 victory over Texas Tech. row - and could tie Oklahoma for the most Corey Coleman caught touchdown weeks ranked No. 1 (101), if they can hold passes of 24, 16 and 16 yards. Deshaun onto it. Watson threw two touchdowns pass and Will Grier threw four touchdown passes ran for a score, and Clemson stopped to four receivers - all in the first half - and DeShone Kizer on a tying 2-point conver- No.25 Florida upset third-ranked sion to help the Tigers hold off No.6 ranked Mississippi 38-10. Notre Dame, 24-22. He completed 24 of 29 passes for 271 The No.12-ranked Tigers linebacker B.J. yards for the Gators. He was poised in the Goodson had an interception and a fumble pocket, precise with every throw and even recovery to halt two fourth-quarter drives closer to perfect than he was down the by the Fighting Irish. But the biggest stop stretch against Tennessee last week. was by defensive tackle Carlos Watkins, Jake Coker ran the offense to perfection, who brought down Kizer short of the goal the defense turned in a dominating per- line with 7 seconds left. OTTAWA: Montreal Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher (11) reacts as Ottawa Senators’ Zack Smith (15) draws a roughing penalty in the Senators formance, and No. 13 Alabama even got a Mike Bercovici passed for 273 yards and crease during the first period of a pre-season NHL hockey game. —AP touchdown from its special teams in a 38- two touchdowns and ran for another score, 10 rout of Georgia that re-established the and Arizona State got its season back on Crimson Tide as a force in the national race. track with a victory over seventh-ranked Coming of a home loss to Mississippi UCLA, 38-23. Blue Jackets down Predators two weeks ago, Alabama jumped ahead Tim White and D.J. Foster caught scoring 24-3 at halftime and iced the victory on passes for the Sun Devils, as Arizona State NASHVILLE: Nick Foligno and Brandon Saad and Kari Lehtonen, who allowed three goals on Ondrej Palat and Brian Boyle also scored in Georgia’s first offensive play of the second built a 29-10 lead heading into the fourth scored twice to help the Columbus Blue Jackets 11 shots in the third. the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit. Ben Bishop half. Eddie Jackson intercepted Brice quarter and then hung on. Leonard rout the visiting Nashville Predators 7-1 on made 32 saves on 34 shots. Derek MacKenzie Ramsey’s pass and returned it 50 yards for a Fournette highlighted his third straight Saturday night in their preseason finale. KINGS TOP AVALANCHE and Nick Bjugstad scored first-period goals for touchdown. 200-yard game with a 75-yard touchdown Rene Bourque, Jared Boll and Brandon At Las Vegas, Jonathan Quick made 15 saves Florida. Roberto Luongo made 27 saves. Coker, with an assist from Lane Kiffin’s run, and No.9-ranked LSU beat Eastern Dubinsky also scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky in the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-0 victory over the play-calling, completed 11 of 16 for 190 Michigan, 44-22. Fournette had 233 yards made 25 saves. Cody Hodgson scored for Colorado Avalanche. Dustin Brown, Kyle Clifford, SENATORS TRIUMPH yards, passed for one touchdown, and ran and three touchdowns on 26 carries.—AP Nashville. Trevor Lewis and Marian Gaborik scored. At Ottawa, Ontario, Mark Stone scored once Pekka Rinne allowed all seven goals before Reto Berra made 28 saves for Colorado. The and set up two goals, and Kyle Turris added four being replaced Carter Hutton with 5:50 left in game was played at the MGM Grand. Las Vegas assists in the Senators’ 5-4 victory over the the third period. Rinne made 26 saves, and and Quebec City are vying for NHL expansion Montreal Canadiens. Hutton stopped one shot. franchises. Chris Neil, Mike Hoffman, Chris Wideman and Cody Ceci also scored for the Senators. Dale RED WINGS EDGE LEAFS DUCKS ROUT SHARKS Weise, Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallager and At Toronto, Andreas Athanasiou and Anthony At Anaheim, California, Cam Fowler and Max Pacioretty scored for the Canadiens. Mantha each had a goal and an assist in the Hampus Lindholm each had a goal and an assist Detroit Red Wings’ 2-1 victory over the Maple in the Ducks’ 5-1 victory over the San Jose OT WIN FOR CANUCKS Leafs. Petr Mrazek made 28 saves to help Detroit Sharks. At Vancouver, British Columbia, Daniel Sedin finish 6-0-2 in the preseason. Brad Boyes scored, Corey Perry, Josh Mason and Kevin Bieksa scored 29 seconds into overtime to give the and Jonathan Bernier made 13 saves for Toronto. also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 16 Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. The Maple Leafs lost their last five exhibition saves. Dylan Demelo scored for San Jose, and Jannik Hansen and Bo Horvat also scored for games to finish 3-5-0. Alex Stalock allowed all five Anaheim goals on Vancouver, and Ryan Miller made 25 saves. Ryan 39 shots. Nugent-Hopkins and Benoit Pouliot scored for BLACKHAWKS BLANK STARS Sharks forward Raffi Torres was assessed a the Oilers, and Cam Talbot stopped 24 shots. The At Chicago, Corey Crawford and Scott Darling match penalty with 7:15 left in the first period Oilers finished the preseason 6-1-1. combined for a shutout in the Blackhawks’ 4-0 for a check to Anaheim forward Jakub victory over the Dallas Stars. Crawford made 13 Silfverberg, who did not return to the game. JETS BEAT FLAMES saves in 29:15, and Darling stopped 15 shots in At Calgary, Alberta, defenseman Ben Chiarot 29:44. DROUIN LIFTS LIGHTNING scored to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the Marian Hossa scored twice, and Patrick Kane At Sunrise, Florida, Jonathan Drouin scored Flames 3-2. Blake Wheeler and Drew Stafford and Andrew Shaw added goals. Antti Niemi with 2:02 left to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a also scored for the Jets. Lance Bouma and David stopped 17 of 18 shots in the first two periods, 3-2 victory over the Panthers. Jones scored for Calgary.—AP RALEIGH: North Carolina State’s Jumichael Ramos (85) fumbles while being hit by Louisville cornerback Trumaine Washington (15) during the first half of an NCAA col- Latvala wins Tour of Corsica lege football game. —AP AGOSTA PLAGE: Jari-Matti weekend by posting the fastest One driver Robert Kubica. the world,” Ogier said. “Just a little Latvala won the Tour of Corsica time in the final power stage, 8.6 “This is not the result we disappointment in an otherwise New cricket boss Manohar yesterday for his third world rally seconds ahead of former Formula hoped for, but it’s not the end of exceptional season.” —AP championship victory this season vows to clean India’s image and 15th of his career. The Finnish driver increased his lead over NEW DELHI: Newly-elected president Gurunath Meiyappan was found guilty of ille- Elfyn Evans to 43.1 seconds dur- Shashank Manohar vowed to clean the image gal betting.