Fromm lifts Bulldogs over Gators
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jake Fromm threw three touchdown passes, ending speculation about freshman Justin Fields supplanting him in the starting lineup, and No. 7 Georgia beat ninth- ranked Florida 36- 17 on Saturday.
The Bulldogs took advantage of Florida’s three turnovers and an injury to cornerback C. J. Henderson to win the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” for the second straight year.
Fromm completed 17 of 24 passes for 240 yards, none bigger than the three for scores — all on third down. The first two went to Jeremiah Holloman, who beat C. J. McWilliams both times. The Bulldogs ( 7- 1, 5- 1 Southeastern Conference) clearly were picking on McWilliams after he replaced Henderson ( back) on the first series.
There had been talk that Georgia coach Kirby Smart would get highly touted freshman Fields more work following a 20- point loss to LSU. Fromm smashed those rumors.
Florida ( 6- 2, 4- 2) took a one- point lead early in the third quarter — Feleipe Franks threw a perfect, 36- yard touchdown pass to Freddie Swain — but Georgia answered with another Fromm- to- Holloman connection and then pulled away late.
Franks fumbled trying to get the ball out of the shadow of his goal line and gave the Bulldogs the ball at the 1. Georgia came up short on six attempts from inside the 2 and had to settle for a field goal and a 23- 14 lead.
NO. 2 CLEMSON 59, FLORIDA STATE 10
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence threw four touchdown passes, and Clemson handed Florida State its worst home loss in program history.
Lawrence completed 20 of 37 passes for 314 yards before leaving late in the third quarter. Tee Higgins and Amari Rodgers each had two touchdown receptions.
The Tigers ( 8- 0, 5- 0 Atlantic Coast Conference) moved to 8- 0 for the seventh time in school history, including the third time in the last four seasons. They were dominant in the second quarter, scoring four touchdowns on consecutive drives en route to their fourth straight victory over the Seminoles.
Florida State ( 4- 4, 2- 4) suffered its most- lopsided defeat at home — surpassing a 58- 14 loss to Southern Miss in 1981. It also was the most points allowed by the Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium.
NO. 8 OKLAHOMA 51, KANSAS STATE 14
NORMAN, Okla. — Kyler Murray passed for 352 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to help Oklahoma beat Kansas State.
The Sooners ( 7- 1, 4- 1 Big 12) rolled up a season- high 702 total yards and only punted once, and that was in the fourth quarter afterMur- ray was done for the day.
CeeDee Lamb caught four passes for a career- high 160 yards and two touchdowns, and Kennedy Brooks ran for 94 yards and two scores. The Sooners won their second straight since losing to Texas.
Oklahoma held Kansas State ( 3- 4, 1- 4) to 245 yards. Alex Barnes, who entered the game as the Big 12’ s leading rusher, was limited to 28 yards on 13 carries.
The Sooners gained 209 yards in the first quarter and took a 17- 0 lead. Murray threw two touchdown passes in the period, including an 82- yard connection with Lamb.
NO. 12 KENTUCKY 15, MISSOURI 14
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Terry Wilson threw a 2yard touchdown pass to C. J. Conrad on the final play to lift Kentucky over Missouri.
Kentucky took over on its own 19 with 1: 24 left. With 4 seconds left, Wilson threw toward Ahmad Wagner in the back left corner of the end zone. Wagner caught the ball out of bounds, but Missouri cornerback DeMarkus Acy was called for pass interference, giving Kentucky an untimed down that it turned into the win- ning score.
Lynn Bowden Jr. returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown with 5: 18 left to pull the Wildcats ( 7- 1, 5- 1 Southeastern Conference) to 14- 9.
NO. 17 PENN STATE 30, NO. 18 IOWA 24
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Nick Scott intercepted a pass to thwart Iowa at the Penn State 2 with 3: 18 left and the Nittany Lions held on to avoid a third straight home loss.
Penn State ( 6- 2, 3- 2 Big Ten) needed one last defensive stand to hold off Iowa ( 6- 2, 3- 2), which got to the Nittany Lions 44 with less than a minute left.
On fourth- and- 10 with 7 seconds left, Penn State’s pass rush swarmed Nate Stanley, who flipped backward to offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs. The 300pounder rumbled 15 yards before being dragged down with no time left.
NORTHWESTERN 31, NO. 20 WISCONSIN 17
EVANSTON, Ill. — Clayton Thorson ran for two touchdowns and threw a scoring pass to help Northwestern beat Wisconsin.
The first- place Wildcats ( 5- 3, 5- 1) solidified themselves as contenders for the Big Ten West championship while gaining some revenge for a loss at Camp Randall Stadium early last season.
HOUSTON 57, NO. 21 SOUTH FLORIDA 36
HOUSTON — D’Eriq King had a hand in a careerhigh seven touchdowns, throwing for 419 yards and five scores and running for 134 yards and two more touchdowns in Houston’s victory.
King threw touchdown passes of 15, 38, 30, 52 and 27 yards and had scoring runs of 47 and 36 yards. He finished 28 of 41 passing. The seven total touchdowns set a career high.
LOS ANGELES — Brian Dozier swung bananas from a rope over the dugout railing.
How appropriate. The longest game in World Series history was bananas.
Twenty- three players on each team, including nine pitchers.
Eighteen innings — four more than any of the previous 662 World Series games.
Seven hours, 20 minutes — 1: 39 longer than any Series game played before and 15 minutes more than all four games of the 1939 World Series combined.
Walker Buehler threw the first pitch in autumn twilight at 8: 10 p. m. EST.
Max Muncy homered on the 561st and last at 3: 30 a. m., when most of America was asleep and even fans in Alaska and in Hawaii were struggling to stay up.
Ernie Banks would have been happy — the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox filled his oftsaid desire: Let’s play two! “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” was played twice, during the seventh- inning stretch and the 14th inning elongation.
“It was an amazing game,” Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig said. “I’m a little tired. But we’re ready to come back tomorrow.”
Then he looked at his watch and corrected himself.
“In a couple of hours,” Puig said.
Live from Hollywood: the Late Late Late Show: The Dodgers’ dramatic, draining, dizzying 3- 2 victory Friday night cut their World Series deficit to 2- 1.
“I think my beard got about 3 inches longer,” said Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, whose red whiskers already were Santa length.
Soccer ends after 120 minutes and is decided by penalty kicks.
Even Wimbledon is instituting fifth- set tiebreakers next year when tied 12- 12 after John Isner’s 70- 68 first- round triumph over Nicolas Mahut in 2010 and Isner’s 26- 24 semifinal defeat to Kevin Anderson this year.
No U. S. major team sport DOUBLED the length of a game in its championship. Notably, a Boston team has been involved in the longest title match in all four of the major sports.
Only once has the Super Bowl gone to overtime, with only an extra 11: 02 needed for New England’s win over Atlanta in 2017 .
There have been only two NBA Finals games needing the extra 15 minutes of three overtimes, Boston’s victory over Phoenix in 1976 and the Suns’ win over Chicago in 1993 . The longest Stanley Cup final matchup was Edmonton’s win over Boston in the 1990 opener, a threeovertime affair requiring an extra 55: 13.