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    Sunday, May 19, 2024

    Big East roundup

    No. 8 Oklahoma 31, Cincinnati 29

    Landry Jones ran an Oklahoma offense moving so fast that Cincinnati couldn't even line up at times, throwing for 370 yards and two touchdowns, and the eighth-ranked Sooners withstood a late Bearcats rally Saturday for a win that kept them unbeaten.

    Oklahoma (4-0) did a little of everything behind its sophomore quarterback, who completed a career-high 36 passes in 51 attempts with one interception. Ryan Broyles had his seventh straight 100-yard receiving game, looking good on the NFL field where favorite Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco - who wears the same No. 85 - struts his stuff.

    Jones' only interception helped Cincinnati (1-3) make a late charge. Zach Collaros followed with a 36-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Woods that cut it to 24-22 with 9:45 left.

    Woods then fumbled a punt at Cincinnati's 7, setting up Jones' clinching touchdown pass.

    Woods also fumbled at the 5-yard line at the end of a long run-and-catch in the first half, part of a self-destructive showing by the two-time defending Big East champions. Cincinnati is off to its worst start in four years.

    Collaros led a touchdown drive in the closing minutes against a defense willing to trade yards for time, throwing his third touchdown pass with 58 seconds left. Broyles recovered the onside kick to seal it. Collaros finished 23 of 38 for 305 yards. He also threw an interception in the end zone - his first this season - and fumbled.

    Collaros got the offense moving better than it had all season. Woods had a career-high 171 yards on seven catches, and Isaiah Pead ran for 169 yards.

    North Carolina 17, Rutgers 13

    T.J. Yates threw a go-ahead third-quarter touchdown and North Carolina's defense made two late stands to lead the undermanned Tar Heels to victory.

    Yates gave North Carolina (1-2) the lead with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Taylor as the Tar Heels avoided their first 0-3 start since 2003.

    Matt Merletti intercepted Tom Savage's pass at the Tar Heels 6 with less than 3 minutes left. North Carolina forced Rutgers to turn the ball over on downs after the Scarlet Knights took over at the Tar Heels 34 with 2:21 remaining.

    Rutgers (1-2) played its first BCS opponent this season.

    South Florida 24, Western Kentucky 12

    Moise Plancher rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown Saturday night, helping South Florida shrug off a slow start to beat Western Kentucky and extend the nation's longest Football Bowl Subdivision losing streak to 24 games.

    Plancher scored a 13-yard burst in the opening quarter. Richard Kelley and B.J. Daniels added TDs on runs of 2 and 1 yards in the third quarter for the Bulls (2-1), who were coming off a 38-14 loss to No. 9 Florida two weeks ago.

    Syracuse 42, Colgate 7

    Delone Carter ran for 172 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead Syracuse past Colgate.

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