The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Hurts’ TD passes lead No. 6 Sooners past No. 11 Texas

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DALLAS >> Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma’s defense sacked Sam Ehlinger nine times and the No. 6 Sooners never trailed in a 34-27 victory over 11thranked Texas on Saturday.

The Sooners harassed Ehlinger into minus-9 yards rushing while holding the quarterbac­k with the three highest total yardage outputs for Texas against Oklahoma almost 200 yards below that 387yard average.

The Sooners (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) stayed on track for a third straight trip to the College Football Playoff and avenged last year’s loss in Cotton Bowl Stadium in the middle of the Texas state fair, a victory that came in a rematch of the Big 12 championsh­ip game.

The Longhorns (4-2, 2-1) are likely relegated to a spoiler role if there’s a second consecutiv­e Big 12 title game between the rivals.

Both teams played under the threat of an ejection for unsportsma­nlike conduct after referee Mike Defee flagged everyone 30 minutes before the game when clusters of players got too close at midfield while wrapping up warmups and started jawing at each other. SOUTH CAROLINA 17, NO. 3 GEORGIA 10(2OT) >> Parker White’s 23-yard field goal in the second overtime proved to be enough when Georgia’s Rodrigo Blankenshi­p was wide left on his attempt from 42 yards, giving South Carolina its first win over an AP Top 25 opponent since beating Georgia in 2014.

Blankenshi­p’s second miss of the game sent South Carolina players charging onto the field to celebrate the upset.

White missed a 33-yard attempt in the first overtime.

Georgia (5-1, 2-1 Southeaste­rn Conference) suffered a big hit to its national championsh­ip hopes. The Bulldogs, favored by 24½ points, could not overcome three intercepti­ons and a lost fumble by Jake Fromm. The senior did not throw an intercepti­on in the Bulldogs’ first five games.

On the second play of overtime, Fromm’s pass glanced off the hands of receiver Tyler Simmons and was intercepte­d by Israel Mukuamu. White’s miss from 33 yards kept the game alive for South Carolina (3-3, 2-2).

Fromm led Georgia on a tying 96-yard touchdown drive capped by his 6-yard scoring pass to Demetris Robertson with less than two minutes remaining in regulation. NO. 16 MICHIGAN 45, ILLINOIS 25 >> Hassan Haskins ran for 125 yards and a touchdown, Zach Charbonnet added 116 yards rushing, and No. 16 Michigan needed a late surge to put away Illinois.

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