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Spartans eke it out
Le'Veon Bell's 35-yard scoring run broke a 24-all tie with 10:58 remaining as host Michigan State (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten), ranked 17th, edged Minnesota, 31-24, Saturday. Bell ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns and Kirk Cousins threw for two TDs.
Rutgers rallies
San San Te kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime and host Rutgers (6-3, 3-2 Big East) became bowl eligible with a 20-17 victory over South Florida. Chas Dodd threw a tying 34-yard touchdown pass to Brendan Coleman with 1:08 to play . . . UConn quarterback Scott McCummings ran for two touchdowns and Lyle McCombs had 152 yards rushing and a score to lead host Connecticut (4-5, 2-2 Big East) to a 28-21 win over Syracuse (5-4, 1-3).
Irish clamp down
Tommy Rees threw touchdown passes of 38 yards to Tyler Eifert and 16 yards to Michael Floyd and Notre Dame (6-3) shut out host Wake Forest in the second half in a 24-17 victory.
Sooners lose Broyles
Landry Jones threw two touchdown passes during a 28-point third-quarter surge and No. 6 Oklahoma pulled away from Texas A&M, 41-25, but lost All-American receiver Ryan Broyles for the rest of the year with a knee injury.-- AP
'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
