In the BCS Cards: Louisville defeats WVU in Big East showdown
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11/03/2006 - Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Malik Jackson returned a fumble 13 yards for a touchdown and Trent Guy ran a punt back 40 yards for another score, all within a span of less than three minutes in the third quarter, as fifth-ranked Louisville moved to the forefront of the national title picture with a 44-34 win over No. 3 West Virginia.
Brian Brohm completed 19-of-26 passes for 354 yards and a touchdown for the Cardinals (8-0, 3-0 Big East), who won their 13th straight regular season game dating back to last season and stretched their home winning streak to 16 games. Louisville entered Thursday's contest ranked fifth in the Bowl Championship Series standings, while West Virginia was third.
Mario Urrutia caught six passes for 113 yards and a TD for the Cardinals, who are one of five teams left unbeaten in Division I-A. Another is Big East foe Rutgers, which hosts Louisville next Thursday in another game with big BCS implications.
"We have a tough game next week," Brohm said. "From now on, each week is the biggest game for us. If we win out, I think we deserve to (play for national championship), but it is out of our hands. We have to keep on going and play hard because it's out of our hands. We can't afford to have a hangover or get too emotional."
Harry Douglas had six receptions for 116 yards for Louisville, while Anthony Allen ran for a pair of touchdowns.
If the Cardinals can run the table, they have a chance to move into the top two of the BCS for a shot at the national title in Arizona January 8. Ohio State and Michigan are 1-2 in the BCS with Florida fourth. The Buckeyes and Wolverines play each other later this month.
Patrick White ran for 125 yards and four touchdowns for the Mountaineers (7-1, 2-1), who lost three of their six fumbles and had their school-record 14-game winning streak broken. White also connected on 13-of-20 passes for 222 yards.
Steve Slaton sat out most of the third with a right hand injury, but finished with 156 yards and a touchdown on the ground for West Virginia. He had two fumbles in the third quarter, one returned for a touchdown.
"(West Virginia) is very explosive," Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said. "They have two players that are as good as anybody in the country. That's why we had to stay aggressive on offense."
Last October, West Virginia rallied from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit and won at home, 46-44, in triple overtime. In Thursday's game there was also some big offensive numbers, as the teams combined for a Big East record 1,008 yards, 540 from the Mountaineers.
However, there was no late rally on Thursday for West Virginia, on a night Louisville fans were encouraged to wear black as a promotion termed "Black Out Thursday" at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The moniker took on a literal meaning in the opening moments of the third quarter when there was a power outage to a portion of the lights above the stadium. The lights then went out on West Virginia, as a pair of turnovers led to 14 Louisville points.
Slaton was stripped by Latarrius Thomas, but Jimmy Riley then fumbled after catching a pass from Brohm, giving West Virginia the ball at its own 12. On the ensuing play, Slaton was stripped from behind by Brandon Cox and Jackson scooped up the ball and ran 13 yards to the end zone with 12:08 left in the third quarter to extend Louisville's lead to 23-14.
Guy then rumbled 40 yards down the left sideline off a punt return with 9:23 remaining in the quarter.
White scored on a five-yard run with 2 1/2 minutes left in the third, but Louisville established control on the first play of the fourth when Brohm hit Urrutia with a seven-yard TD pass to the right corner of the end zone for a 37-21 margin.
Slaton then came back in the game and helped the Mountaineers to another touchdown, as White scored from five yards out with 12:41 left, bringing his team within 37-27 as a two-point conversion try failed.
However, West Virginia's defense couldn't hold down Brohm, who immediately completed a 26-yard pass to Urrutia. The Cardinals then finished off their scoring drive with a five-yard run by Allen with 10:19 remaining for a 44-27 cushion.
The Mountaineers then failed to move the chains following a fourth down completion, although White scored on a two-yard run with 2:18 left. However, it was too little, too late for the Mountaineers, who booted the ball out of bounds on the ensuing onsides kickoff, giving it back to Louisville.
Art Carmody's 39-yard field goal just over four minutes into the opening quarter accounted for the game's first points.
The Mountaineers then went ahead 7-3 on a 42-yard TD run by Slaton up the middle with 4:18 left in the first.
Louisville got within a point on a Carmody 25-yard field goal early in the second quarter, and the Cardinals went ahead 13-7 on Allen's 10-yard scoring run to the left side midway through the quarter to cap a six-play, 81-yard march. The drive was keyed by a 40-yard pass from Brohm to Douglas.
The Mountaineers came right back with White scoring from two yards out with 4:42 left until halftime for a 14-13 West Virginia advantage.
Despite having a first down at the West Virginia three, the Cardinals failed to punch the ball into the end zone, settling for an 18-yard field goal by Carmody and a 16-14 lead with 1:36 left in the half.
Game Notes
Louisville is 20-1 at home since 2003...It was Brohm's eighth career 300-yard passing game and his second-highest passing total...West Virginia holds a 6-2 all-time lead in the series...West Virginia entered the game having lost four fumbles in its first seven games...The sold-out crowd of 43,217 was the largest in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium history.
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Police report: Terrell Owens hospitalized after attempt
Terrell Owens will address the media at a 3:15 p.m. ET news conference outside the Cowboys' practice facility after an internal police report indicated he tried to kill himself by overdosing on prescription pain medication, even putting two more pills into his mouth after a friend intervened.
The Dallas police report said Owens was asked by rescue workers "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time [he] stated, 'Yes.'"
Owens left the hospital late Wednesday morning, giving reporters a "thumbs up" but making no comment as he was driven away in an SUV.
Michael Irvin said that Owens denied he attempted suicide and said he was rushed to the hospital as a result of an adverse reaction to medication. And a source close to Owens told Michael A. Smith that Owens wasn't attempting suicide.
NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders said he spoke with Owens shortly before his release from the hospital and that Owens was in good spirits.
"The fact that it has been reported a suicide attempt, he's laughed at that notion. It was a case that medication that was taken wasn't accepted well in his system with the other vitamins he's on," Sanders said.
The series of events began a little before 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Owens' publicist, Kim Etheredge, said she was at Owens' home when he took pain medicine for his broken right hand. Concerned by how he began acting, Etheredge said in various interviews Wednesday with Dallas-area media that she called 911. Owens was taken to a hospital, with Etheredge saying it was an allergic reaction to the medicine.
But early Wednesday, several media outlets received a police report -- that had yet to be released by the authorities -- saying Owens had attempted suicide by overdosing on the painkillers, even putting two more pills into his mouth after an unidentified friend intervened.
The police document, first reported by WFAA-TV, said Owens was asked by rescue workers "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time [he] stated, 'Yes.'"
When officially released by police, about half the document was blacked out, including the phrases "attempting suicide by prescription pain medication" and "a drug overdose," as well as the details of Owens having two pills pried from his mouth and Owens saying "Yes" when asked if he intended to harm himself.
Etheredge, who said she was the friend cited in the police document, told Dallas-area media Wednesday that the police got the story wrong.
The tape of the 911 call could help clear things up. The Associated Press filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act to get its contents, but fire department officials said it would not be available before late Wednesday.
The police report said the 32-year-old Owens told his friend "that he was depressed." Details of the police report were first reported by WFAA-TV.
The friend, who is not identified in the report, "noticed that [his] prescription pain medication was empty and observed [Owens] putting two pills in his mouth," the police report said.
Using her fingers, the friend attempted to pry them out of Owens' mouth. Owens told police he had taken only five of the 40 pain pills in the bottle he'd emptied before the incident.
Etheredge told the Star-Telegram that Owens was "fine."
Etheredge said she called 911 because Owens was groggy and lethargic. After taking some supplements "it kicked in a reaction" with the painkillers, she told the Star-Telegram.
"Here's a person whose body is so clean, it really had a negative reaction to the medication and supplements he was taking," Etheridge told The Morning News. "Thank goodness someone was there to call an ambulance."
Police Lt. Rick Watson said he could only confirm that paramedics called police to say they were taking Owens to the hospital. He said no more details would come from the police because no laws were broken.
It is not a crime in Texas for a person to attempt suicide.
"This is a high-profile person. We looked into it and we determined it is not a criminal offense," Watson said. "This a medical type of situation that occurred."
Watson and fire department spokesman Joel Lavender cited privacy laws for the lack of information they could provide. Lavender said more details could come from the 911 call. The Associated Press filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act to get the contents of the call.
"Let's just look at the tape, review the tape," Lavender said. "I'll give you an honest answer once I know something."
At the police news conference, Watson released a version of the police narrative with certain sections blacked out. The full report was obtained by several news outlets and reported first by WFAA. The AP received the full version from WFAA.
According to the police report, Dallas Fire and Rescue was called regarding someone "attempting suicide by prescription pain medication." Officers arrived to find Owens being stabilized by ambulance workers, who then took him to Baylor University Medical Center.
Owens was hospitalized late Tuesday because of what his publicist said was an allergic reaction to pain medicine he was taking for a broken hand. Doctors reportedly tried to induce vomiting.
Owens, one of the league's top receivers during his 11-year NFL career, is best known for wild stunts on the field and other publicity-seeking antics off it.
When the Cowboys signed him to a $25 million, three-year deal in March, they said their background checks indicated no red flags. In fact, team consultant Calvin Hill -- who mostly deals with troubled players -- said during training camp that his department was not involved with Owens because he didn't have a history of those kinds of problems.
He missed most of training camp, and three of four preseason games, because of a hamstring injury. He was late for work during his recovery and was fined for it, but Owens laughed it off, saying he overslept. He said it had happened before, though not with Dallas, and would probably happen again.
Owens broke the bone leading to his right ring finger during a game a week ago Sunday. The next day, doctors screwed in a plate so the bone could heal without fear of further damage. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said last week that the pain medicine made Owens ill.
Owens had not practiced since the injury, but because Dallas had a bye this past weekend he did not miss a game. He was expected to practice Wednesday, and Parcells had said there was a chance Owens could play Sunday against Tennessee.
Owens had been especially looking forward to the Cowboys' game after that -- Oct. 8, in Philadelphia, against the team that dumped him midway through last season only months after he helped them nearly win the Super Bowl.
Owens was seen laughing and joking on the practice field Tuesday morning. He chatted briefly with reporters in the locker room in the afternoon and seemed fine. A 2-inch scar on the top of his hand was puffy but not wrapped, and he said the swelling was doing down.
While in the locker room, he took a pill from a white paper bag and looked at another medicine bottle that was in the bag. He also called a business partner about a towel-wrap venture they're starting and joked to TV cameras that he wasn't talking until Wednesday and it was only Tuesday.
"My little boy knows better than that," he said, laughing, as he plopped onto a sofa in the middle of the locker room.
Also Tuesday, Owens was involved in launching a national campaign for the National Alliance to End Abuse, an organization aimed at helping at-risk youngsters. He appeared at a high school Tuesday morning and was scheduled to visit others but had to cancel because of changes in the team's practice schedule.
Owens has played two games for the Cowboys, catching nine passes for 99 yards and a touchdown. For updated football betting lines and Dallas Cowboy Superbowl odds visit online sportsbook MySportsbook.com
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