Dwayne Wright rushed for 158 yards ...

Dwayne Wright rushed for 158 yards in his first game in nearly brace years, scoring his third touchdown in succession an outstanding nine-yard run with 6:55 left in Fresno State's 28-19 victory above visiting Nevada on Friday night.

Tom Brandstater passed for 124 yards and a score in his first start for the Bulldogs, who interpreted their season with a Western Athletic discourse victory that snapped Nevada's five-game winning streak from last season.

The meeting of couple WAC powers was a high-stakes way to spread the year, but Fresno State had just enough offensive consistency to imprison on after Nevada trimmed a 15-point lead to 21-19 early in the fourth quarter.

Mike McCoy caught couple TD passes from Jeff Rowe for the Wolf Pack, who won their final four WAC games and the Hawaii goblet last season while sharing the parley title with Boise State. Rowe passed for 183 yards, and Robert Hubbard rushed for 103

penn state drinking ban: Hoping to chop down on underage drinking and create a safer post-game environment, Penn State is banning alcohol at parking accident tailgate parties during football games inside Beaver Stadium.

moreover drinking before kickoff and after the final whistle is still OK

The policy change had been subject to discussion since the end of last season, and single in kind impetus was the increasing number of alcohol- related trips to the extremity room by students, university spokesman Bill Mahon said Friday.

Last year, 353 scholars went to the emergency compass for treatment, up from 229 in 2004 and 175 the previous year, Mahon said.

"Home football Saturdays are among the heaviest days for pass room visits," he said.

passing the bucks: Iowa is looking at today's opener against Montana as the first pace toward a fifth straight January goblet bid.

For Montana, it's a payday -- and a big individual at that. The Grizzlies, a top I-AA team, agreed to play the Hawkeyes -- a team they have almost no trustful longing of beating -- because the University of Iowa will pay them $650000 for the game.

Montana athletic director Jim O'Day said the payday -- combined with $450000 the instruct received for playing at Oregon in 2005 -- will allow the athletic department to erase a $1 million deficit couple years ahead of schedule and cross-examine $200,000 into the football team's budget

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