vs. THE LANTERN WEEK 11 SELECTIONS ALL PICKS MADE AGAINST THE SPREAD. Davi HOME TEAMS IN CAPS. Den OHIO STATE (-2.5) vs. Michigan PURDUE (-16.5) vs. Indiana MINNESOTA (44) vs. Iowa PENN STATE (-1) vs. Michigan State Miami (Fla.) (42.5) vs. SYRACUSE Notre Dame (-21.5) vs. RUTGERSn OKLAHOMA (-24) vs. Texas Tech FLORIDA STATE (-12.5) vs. Fiorida CLEMSON (-7.5) vs. South Carolina S Auburn (-1) vs. ALABAMA CALIFORNIA,(-1) vs. Stanford OREGON STATE (-4.5) vs. Oregon 0 UCLA (-3) vs. Southern Cal Washington (-8) vs. WASHINGYON STATE Wa WESTERN MICHIGAN (-25.5) vs. Eastern Michigan We Best bet Record last week (Best bets) Record to date (Best bets) 7 Staff picks OKLAHOMA 27, Texas Te scoreboard FLORIDA STATE 30, Florid Michigan 38, OHIo STATE 26 CLEMSON 16, South Car PURDUE 41, Indiana 13 Auburn 9, ALABAMA 0 MINNESOTA 27, Iowa 24 Stanford 36, CALIFORNIA PENN STATE 42, Michigan State 23 OREGON STATE 23, Oregon Miami (Fla.) 26, SYRACUSE O SOUTHERN CAL 38, UCLA 3 Notre Dame 45, RUTGERS 17 Washington 51, WASHINGi WESTERN MICHIGAN 28, La .Purdue headed to P WEST LAFAYETTE (AP)- Purdue hadn't wit- beat the Hawk nessed such a rosy scene in 34 years. tion in the thi Players putting flowers in their mouths, fans car- called back be "ying Heisman Trophy signs across the field and a Minnesota's Big Ten trophy presentation in the end zone. catches. He wt But on Saturday, the Boilermakers earned it. first touchdow Drew Brees threw for one touchdown and rushed third quarter. for another, while Montrell Lowe ran for 208 yards pass from Col nd four touchdowns as the Boilermakers beat Cole passed ndiana 41-13 and booked their first trip to last 12 passes Pasadena since 1966. Purdue will meet yards. The Go Washington, which made it to the Rose Bowl by McCann eight beating Washington State 51-3. PENN STrL "Boilermaker fans, had you ever thought we Casey threw t could go to the Rose Bowl?" Brees shouted to the two scores as P fans as he accepted the Big Ten trophy. "This is, by on a Saturday far, the greatest moment of my life so far." for the Nittany And why not? Penn State c All Brees did was complete 20-of-29 passes for career victory ' 16 yards and run 10 times for 85 yards, while within one of t becoming the first quarterback to lead the mer Alabama Boilermakers (6-2 Big ten, 8-3 overall) to Pasadena Proof of Pen since Bob Griese. first quarter, w NORTHwESTERN 61, IL.INols 23: They danced ed pass and and celebrated on the field and donned their Big Casey's pass w Ten champion shirts and hats. Northwestern routed went off Drum on Saturday to earn a share of the conference title. right to Watso Happy as they were, these Wildcats won't be tak- score that put P ing their party to Pasadena. Casey, who Buoyed by Michigan's 38-26 win over Ohio no interception State, Northwestern needed one more variable for a next possession rip to California - an Indiana win over Purdue. the end of the The Wildcats didn't get it as the Boilermakers Michigan S beat Indiana to win the berth in the Rose Bowl. sacked six tim The Wildcats (6-2, 8-3) are still contenders for sacked twice. T the Citrus, Outback and Alamo bowls, who are 6) ineligible fo expected to make their selections next week. points were th "We know we're going to a bowl game. We've all year. achieved one of our goals of winning the Big Fen. FLORIDA Si It's great to be part of history;' Damien Anderson made a stron said after running for four touchdowns and becom- national cham g the school's single-season rushing leader. game that usua MINNESOTA 27, IOwNA 24: Jermaine Mays caught Chris Weink n 81-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to 353 vards and lead Minnesota to a 27-24 victory over Iowa on Minnis - as Fl Saturday. time beating it The victory gives the Gophers (4-4, 6-5) a bowl night. bid, probably to the Micronpc.com Bowl, Dec. 28 in "This is the Miami, as well as Floyd of Rosedale, the trophy right now and given annually to the winner. "Beating the N Mays caught the long pass from Travis Cole in convincing en stride for the winning touchdown with 6:13 remain- of football teat ing. Cole ran for the 2-point conversion. Mays also The Semino WEEKEND'S BEST HERn nF THE nay- TAI KNG; THE TALK: The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday 2000 5B id Herder Ohio State Indiana Minnesota Penn State Miami (Fla.) Notre Dame Oklahoma Florida outh Carolina Alabama California Oregon State UCLA shington State estern Michigan Florida 6-9 (0-1) 4-88-3 (4-7) Chris Duprey Michigan Indiana Iowa Penn State Miami (Fla.) Rutgers Oklahoma Florida Clemson Auburn California Oregon UCLA Washington Western Michigan Penn State 7-8 (1-0) 81-81-3 (5-6) Mark Stephanie Francescutti Offen Ohio State Indiana Iowa Michigan State Miami (Fla.) Rutgers Oklahoma Florida South Carolina Alabama California Oregon State UCLA Washington State Western Michigan Florida 5-10 (0-1) 86-76-3 (4-7) Michigan Purdue Minnesota Michigan State Miami (Fla.) Notre Dame Oklahoma Florida South Carolina Auburn California Oregon UCLA Washington Western Michigan Washington 8-7 (1-0) 75-87-3 (4-7) Thomas Orr The Lantern Ohio State Indiana Iowa Michigan State Miami (Fla.) Rutgers Oklahoma Florida Clemson Auburn California Oregon UCLA Washington Western Michigan Washington 5-10 (1-0) Angela Coates The Lantern Michigan Purdue Iowa Penn State Syracuse Notre Dame Texas Tech Florida South Carolina Auburn California Oregon State UCLA Washington Western Michigan South Carolina 11-4 (1-0) ch 13 a 7 olina 14 30 13 35 TON STATE 3 stern Michigan 0 Which paper picked better? The staff picks were marked by female dominance this week. Stephanie Offen had the best showing for the Daily, and Angela Coates of the Lantern made all the other football "experts" look like rank ama- teurs. Florida surprised everyone when the Seminoles took them behind the woodshed a gave them a 30-7 beating.s Southern Cal did their part to lower the records of the pickers this week by picking x up a tough road victory against UCLA. The final 0-6 game of the week was Stanford's overtime thriller at Cal. The Lantern wins... barely With an average of eight correct picks, the Lantern topped the Daily's average of 6.5 to earn the honor of "better picking paper" for this week. Mark Francescutti maintained his impressive overall lead, despite a dismal showing (5-10) this week. Chris Duprey moved into sole possession of the best bet lead - after an 0-5 start in that department. GAME PROGRESSION FIRST QUARTER: A fake reverse handff on the kick return turne'd into a big pa right oft the batifor OhioState. Jonathan Wells rush of 11 yards got the Buckeyeson the board, but Dan Stultz mssed the PAT. Ohio State 6, Michigan o David Mitchellintercepted Michin's Drew Henson on 3rd- and-i U}a0 The Michigan defense held, and iultz k keMd a 37-yard field goaal. Ohio State 9, Michigan 0 Michigan's second drive appeared to be staling. But on 3rd-and- 0. Henson dumYpcd a harmless scree to Anthony Tho as. Thomnas picked up a block and rumbled /0 yards fora score. Ohio State 9 Michigan 7 An interception by Larry Foote got the ball back for the Wolverines. A three-play drive culminated in a 21 -yard tour 1 vn pas from Henson to Davirrell. Michigan 14, Ohio State 9' SEcOND QUARTER: The contest began to settle into a rut in the second stanza. The teams combined to punt five times, and each sqad had a drive stopped on a failed fake play. Ohio Stategot rolling at the end of the half. The Bucenes put together an 11-play, 72-yard drive, making am id to take the lead at haltf. 1e Michigan defense made a big stop at the 2, and Ohio State was forced to settle for a Stltz field goal as the clock expired. Michigan 14, Ohio State 12 THIRD QUARTR: Michigan made a immediate statenent in the second half with its first drive. Thomais and Chris Perry helped gett he Wolverinesn runnir ame going for the first time a ai rri in. Things stalled at the Ohio State 35, as a 4rh-and-2~ ensued. Hayden Epstein campe on for what lo ed to be a 52-yard field-oal atteimpt. At the last secord,Tbld- er John Navarre ran to center and handed the ball quickly to B.J. Askew. Askew made the two yards, and the drive continued. Going for the jugular as he's become accustomed todoing, Lloyd Carr ordered the deepnall and Henson delivered, lofting a 32-yarder for Y'errell. Tuchdown. Michigan 21, Ohio State 12 Dan Rumishek intercepted Ohio State' k ver vellisari at the Bucky s' 41, aind] Michigan was backinbusiness. But a stuffed run on 3rd-and-2 caused Michigan to settle for a 25-yard field goal. Michigan 24, Ohio State 12 Beginning to press Bellisari took on kmore of a passing role. He made a mistake over the middle in throwing t Michigan's Julius Curry. Carry interepted and returnedn tntouchedfnr the Wolverines' irt deifensive score of the year. Michigan 31, Ohio State 12. FOURTH QUARTER: Michigan hit a soft spot early in the fourth quarter. The Wolverines seemed to lose their edge, and . Ohio State capitalized. Thu Buckeyes put together a 1 3-play, drive that required three third-, down convrsios. A touchdown rush by Wells finished the drive. Michigan 31, Ohio State 19 A three-and-out by the Michigan' offense gaye the Buckeyes the opening they wr seeking. Ohio Sta te took over with excelen t field position at the Michigan 46, Five plays later, they were in the endizone with another touch- down. 7:03 remairne-d at this point. Michigan 31, Ohio State 26 The time had come for Michigan' to move the football if it warnted. to keep control of te game. The Wolverines ptut together two first downs, bu t a p air of incomplete passes frcom H enson to Terrell forced another pstein punt. Ohio State- was hindered by a n illegal hands penalty, b'arricading the Buckeyes at their 9. On 3rd-and-10, Bellisari threw for nine yard. to VNels. $til over three minues remained and the Buckeyes had all three of their timeouts. The option was open if Ohio State wanted to punt. Coach John Cooper chose to go for the yard. An eight-mant front, stacked uo Belisar i, and the Wolverines earned he ball on downs with 3:08 to go. Killing the clock then became the priority. Consistent six_-- and seven-y ard rushes by Thornas forced Ohio State todburn its timeouts. On 4th-and-goal from the 1, Carr dismissed the idea of a field goal. Instead he le, WHe-:on run the- naked bootleg. No one was home, and Michigan had the final piece of its victory. Final: Michigan 38, Ohio State 26 BIG TEN STANDINGS (All conference games finished) asadena; Seminoles make case for Orange eyes' secondary for a 57-yard recep- rd quarter, but that touchdown was cause of a holding penalty. Ron Johnson had two touchdown as initially ruled out of bounds on the n pass, a 13-yarder from Cole in the Johnson also caught a 15-yard lob c in the fourth quarter. for 299 yards, completing nine of his . Mays caught six passes for 119 phers sacked Iowa quarterback Kyle times. E 42, MICHIGAN STATE 23: Rashard hree touchdown passes and ran for Penn State beat Michigan State 42-23 when everything finally went right Lions. oach Joe Paterno recorded his 322nd in the season-ending game to move the major college record held by for- coach Bear Bryant. inn State's good fortune came in the 'hen Kenny Watson caught a deflect- ran it 40 yards into the end zone. vas meant for Eddie Drummond but nmond's fingers, over a defender and on, who sprinted untouched for the Penn State (4-4, 5-7) up 21-0. finished with 218 passing yards and s, had a 3-yard touchdown run on the n that gave Penn State a 28-0 lead at quarter. tate quarterback Jeff Smoker was es, and reserve Ryan Van Dyke was The loss makes the Spartans (2-6, 5- r bowl consideration. Penn State's 42 e most Michigan State has given up T E 30, FLORIDA 7: Florida State g case for a chance to defend its npionship, beating Florida in the ally gives the winner a title shot. ke fought off the flu and threw for three touchdowns - two to Marvin lorida State had a surprisingly easy s bitter state rival 30-7 on Saturday best football team in the country I think we proved it," Weinke said. no. 4 team by 23 points should be ough for people to realize the kind im this is." oles (10-1) completed their regular AP PHOTO Roses were waved in West Lafayette after the Boilermakers earned their first Rose Bowl berth in 34 years with a 41-13 victory over Indiana. season by beating the Gators (9-2) for the third year in a row, but now have to wait two weeks to find out if they'll play for the Bowl Championship Series' title in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3. Florida, the SEC East champion, still has a chance to play in the Sugar Bowl if it beats Auburn in the league title game Dec. 2. The Seminoles can feel good about their chances because the winner of the Florida-Florida State game has gone on to play for the title five of the last seven years. "We got beat thoroughly," Florida coach Steve Spurrier said after his record fell to 0-5-lat Doak Campbell Stadium. "Give credit to Florida State because they played well. We had to play our very best to beat them in this game." When the game ended, fans rushed the field to congratulate the players, and oranges were tossed onto the field. OREGON STATE 23, OREGON 13: With almost cruel quickness, Oregon Stato crushed its intrastate rival's Rose Bowl hopes. Then, the Beavers watched as their own dreams of Pasadena came to an end. Jonathan Smith threw two first-quarter touch- down passes to Robert Prescott, and Jake Cookus had three of his team's five interceptions as Oregon State reached 10 victories for the first time in school history by dominating Oregon 23-13 on Saturday in the 104th Civil War. Two pass-interference calls against the defense - both on third and long - kept drives going for the Beavers and led to 10 first-half points. Oregon quarterback, Joey Harrington couldn't seem to find his receivers, falling into his habit of overthrowing them and trying to guide passes into double-coverage. Harrington, who had been 13-1 as the Ducks' starting quarterback, completed 24 of 46 passes for 333 yards. He entered the game with just seven nterceptions. The Ducks also committed 12 penalties for a season-high 132 yards. One setback cost the Beavers (10-1, 7-1) their first trip to the Rose Bowl since the 1964 season. Washington beat Oregon State 33-30 in Seattle on Oct. 7, and clinched a Rose Bowl berth by defeating Washington State 51-3 on Saturday night. Rose Bowl or not, the Beavers finished their best season ever, topping their 9-1 -1 mark in 1939. It was just last year that they stopped an NCAA- record streak of 28 straight losing seasons. In his second season, coach Dennis Erickson might have pulled off the biggest achievement of his career, taking a woeful program to a possible berth in a BCS bowl. - Compiled by Daily Sports Writer Steve Jackson HOW THE AP TOP 25 FARED Associated Press Poll for week of November 13. Games updated through November 19. NEW AP TOP 25 Team Purdue Michigan Northwestern Ohio State Wisconsin Minnesota Penn State Iowa Illinois Michigan State Indiana jig-Ten 6 2 6 2 6 2 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 2h 6 2 6 2 6 Overall 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 7 4 6 5.m 5 7 3 9- 5 6 5 6 3 8" Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke bounced back from a hospi- tal visit fighting the flu to throw for 353 yards and three touchdowns. The Seminoles beat interstate rival Florida 30-7, propelling Gator coach Steve Spurrier to a John Cooper- esque 0-5-1 all time in Tallahassee. Florida State intercepted the Gator quarterbacks three times and forced the high-powered Florida offense to punt eight times. Texas Christian running back LaDanian Tomlinson extended his NCAA lead in rushing yards with a 305 yard, three touchdown per for- mance in a 47-14 win against Texas-El Paso. Texas-El Paso claimed that they would rip down the Horned Frogs' goalpoasts if they won. "What this was was dragging them into the backyard," Tomlinson said. STOP TO SMELL THE RoSES: (first-place votes in parentheses) 1. Oklahoma 2. Miami (Fla.) 3. Florida State 4. Florida 5. Oregon 6. Washington 7. Virginia Tech 8. Oregon State 9. Kansas state 10. Nebraska 11. Notre Dame 12. Ohio State beat Texas Tech 27-13 at 0 beat Syracuse 26-0 Bost beat No. 4 Florida 30-7 idle lost to No. 3 Florida State 30-7 idle lost to No. 8 Oregon State 23-13 idle beat Washington State 51-3 idle idle Virg beat No. 5 Oregon 23-13 idle beat Missouri 2824 idle idle Colo beat Rutgers 45-17 at S lost to No. 19 Michigan 38-26 idle klahoma State ton College inia rado outhern Cal TEAM 1. Oklahoma (70) 2. Miami (Fla.) 3. Florida State 4. Washington 5. Oregon State 6. Virginia Tech 7. Florida 8. Kansas State 9. Nebraska 10. Oregon 11. Notre Dame 12. Texas 1'I TxasC fhristian 10-0 9-1 11-1 10-1 10-1 9-1 9-2 10-2 8-2 9-2 8-2 8-2 9-1 PTS 1,774 1.681 1.645 1,570 1,472 1,402 1,251 1,233 1,196 1,177 1,063 819 786; Pvs 1 2 3 6 8 7 4 9 10 5 11 14 THIS WEEKEND'S RESULTS Michigan 38. OHio STATE 26 PE Sr: 42, Michigan State 23 "MSOJ; 27, Iowa 24 N STN 61, Ilinois 23 Wisconsin Idle SATURDAY 'S GA ME I I .