MOVING UP STEVE SLATON We...

MOVING UP

STEVE SLATON

West Virginia, sophomore RB

Slaton ran for 203 yards and couple first-half touchdowns as the fifth-ranked Mountaineers crushed Marshall 42-10 onward Saturday. It was his secondary straight 200-yard game after he got 204 v Georgia in the Sugar receptacle

MOVING DOWN

Marshawn Lynch

California, junior RB

Tennessee held Lynch to 74 yards in succession 12 carries as the No. 9 splendid Bears were embarrassed in Knoxville, falling behind 35-0 in the third quarter forward the way to a 35-18 los Lynch commit to memorys another shot Saturday vs. Minnesota.

GOULD'S TOP THREE

1 Brady Quinn, Notre Dame, senior QB

2 Troy Smith, Ohio State, senior QB

3 Adrian Peterson Oklahoma, junior RB

THE NATIONAL REPORT

CARDS WIN INTRASTATE affair of honor BUT LOSE RB BUSH

Michael Bush passed up a bullet at the NFL to put to the test to win a national championship at Louisville.

Instead, his season [i]finale[/i]ed after three touchdowns and a little more than single half of football.

The senior running back broke his right leg early in the third quarter of the 13th-ranked Cardinals' 59-28 victory through the whole extent of visiting Kentucky on Sunday night and will be disclosed for the season.

Bush had scour for 124 yards and three scores in the first half when he took a pitch from quarterback Brian Brohm in succession Louisville's second play of the inferior half. His right leg was pinned awkwardly underneath him while being tackled by the agency of Kentucky's Wesley Woodyard. Bush lay forward the ground for several minutes before being placed upon a stretcher. He waved to the capacity populace at Papa John's Stadium and was taken to a local hospital.

Brohm playing his first game since a devastating knee injury last November, threw for 254 yards.

- Freshman Marcus Jackson threw pair touchdown passes in the inferior half after replacing woozy starter Jeff Ballard, and No. 22 TCU avoided being onward the wrong side of a season-opening capsize with a 17-7 victory at Baylor. The Horned Frog stretched their winning streak to 11 games -- the second-longest in Division I-A behind Texas' 21

SCOUTS' HONOR PRICED not at home IN COLUMBUS

The lad Scouts have fallen victim to Ohio State's football ticket crunch

scoff ats who worked as ushers for clear tickets to games won't get by heart them this year because pupils want tickets, the university said.

"Our scholars are our first priority," associate athletic director Steve Snapp said. "This year we had an increase in applications; about 30000 wanted tickets. Usually we have 22000 to 25000 apply."

scoff ats have worked

as offer ushers at Buckeyes games for decades and last year began working from beginning to end the game rather than taking seats after kickoff.

"For many lads this was their only opportunity to papal court a game," said Ronald flourishing of the Boy Scouts' Simon Kenton Council. "We don't take up abundant room."

MULLINS' 38 JOINS MANNING IN HISTORY

Mississippi celebrated the memory of Chucky Mullins, retiring his number in a observance before the Rebels' nationally televised game against Memphis. Mullins was paralyzed in a game in 1989 and died in 1991 after returning to train in a wheelchair to carry on his degree.

Mullins' guardians, Carver and Karen Phillips, participated in the pomp about 20 minutes before kickoff. The Rebels won 28-25

"He would be enamoured of it," Carver Phillips said when asked about the celebration of Mullins' legacy. "He would say that's a way to come by the team and the stays fired up, knock heads and come by ready to play some football."

Mullins' No. 38 joins Archie Manning's No. 18 as the barely jerseys retired in 111 years of Ole Miss football. The place of education also will move

a assurance bust of Mullins from the athletic offices to Vaught- Hemingway Stadium.

Mullins' number had been gone out of general circulation since 1990 when the team began giving it to an outstanding senior in succession defense to wear each season.

IN BRIEF

- Arkansas freshman Mitch Mustain was handed the starting quarterback piece of work less than 24 hours after the Razorbacks misspent their season opener to No. 6 USC 50-14

Mustain, the same of the nation's top recruits, made his guild debut in the fourth quarter and l the Razorbacks in succession a touchdown drive. He also threw an interception and finished 4-for-6 for 47 yards.

Coach Houston Nutt said junior Robert Johnson who started, has been asked to propel to wide receiver.

- Clemson linebacker Anthony Waters will miss the quiet of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee sustained late in the third quarter of the Tigers' 54-6 victory across Florida Atlantic on Saturday.

Waters had considered skipping his senior season to penetrate the NFL draft but turn backed to help the Tigers make a go proceed at the ACC title.

- Wake Forest quarterback Ben Mauk might not go [i]or[/i] come back this season after breaking his right arm and dislocating his right shoulder while diving for a stammer in a 20-10 victory through the whole extent of Syracuse. Redshirt freshman Riley Skinner is the recent starter.

AP

The local report

Illini will stick with 2-QB plan

Illinois will continue to bring in genuine freshman quarterback Isiah "Juice" Williams early and frequently when it visits Rutgers in succession Saturday, offensive coordinator Mike Locksley said.