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				<title><![CDATA[Buffalo stuns Ball State for MAC crown]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Buffalo football team did the school's 
basketball team one better on Friday.

A day after the Bulls' basketball team took Connecticut to the 
wire before losing, the football team shocked 13th-ranked and 
previously undefeated Ball State, 42-24, in the Mid-American 
Conference Championship.

"I'm just proud of these guys," an emotional Buffalo coach 
Turner Gill said.  "It's probably the greatest (career 
achievement) because of where this program was.  For them to 
become MAC champions in three years, I am so proud of them."

The victory guarantees Buffalo its first bowl appearance, which 
will come in the International Bowl on January 3 against a Big 
East opponent.

The bowl bid is the second in Buffalo's 94 years of collegiate 
football but will mark the first invitation that is accepted.

The 1958 Bulls were invited to play in the Tangerine Bowl 
against Florida State, but later turned it down when it was 
learned that two of Buffalo's African-American players would not
be allowed to compete against white players at the game site.

"It is with great pride, and anticipation, that we accept an 
invitation to play in the International Bowl on behalf of our 
administration," Gill said.  "... It is another great step 
forward for our university and particularly fitting that it 
occurs 50 years after our 1958 team earned our first bowl bid."

Drew Willy threw three touchdown passes to Naman Roosevelt and 
the Bulls turned four fumbles by Ball State quarterback Nate 
Davis into 28 points, including two returns for touchdowns in 
the third quarter that turned the game in their favor.

Ball State held a 10-7 advantage at halftime.  Play opened up in
the second half as Willy hit Roosevelt with a 39-yard pass to 
give the Bulls (8-5) a 14-10 lead.

The Cardinals (12-1) responded as MiQuale Lewis scored his 
second touchdown on a 1-yard run midway through the quarter to 
make it 17-14.

After Ball State recovered a fumble by Buffalo, it appeared 
headed for another score.  Lewis ran toward the goal line.  The 
ball was spotted at the half-yard line and the play went under 
video review.  The review confirmed the call and the ball was 
spotted at the half-yard line.

After Lewis was tackled for a loss and Ball State was called for
illegal procedure, Davis scrambled and went airborne as he 
approached the goal line.  Davis was clobbered and fumbled, 
allowing Buffalo's Mike Newton to pick the ball up and bring it 
92 yards for a TD and a 21-17 lead.

Incredibly, Davis fumbled again in the final minute of the 
quarter as the quarterback was not ready for a snap in the 
shotgun and it hit him.  Sherrod Lott scooped the ball up and 
returned it 74 yards to make it 28-17.

"Scoop and score," Bulls defensive coordinator Jimmy Williams 
said.  "That's what we teach -- scoop and score."

Fumblitis bit Davis again in the fourth quarter as he coughed 
the ball up while trying to sneak for a first down on a 
fourth-down play.

Willy, who finished 19-of-28 for 208 yards and three touchdowns,
and Roosevelt hooked up - again - for an 8-yard pass that made 
it 35-17 with six minutes left.  Roosevelt had 10 catches for 
116 yards and three touchdowns.

"This is crazy," Roosevelt said.  "I don't know if this will 
ever sink in.  My first year here we won two games and now we're
the MAC champions.  That's what Coach Gill made us believe in."

Davis, who was 31-of-48 passing for 351 yards, hit Louis Johnson
with a 22-yard touchdown pass to make it 35-24.  Buffalo 
recovered an onside kick and drove 25 yards with James Starks 
going the final yard to make it 42-24.

"To hold that trophy with all those guys and the administration 
and all the guys who supported us over the years is truly what 
it's all about," Willy said.  "Turner Gill, that's all you need 
to know.  He's the one who made us believe."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:15:48 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ball State faces Buffalo in MAC title game]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[(12) Ball State (12-0) vs. Buffalo (7-5), 8:00 pm EST

DETROIT (Ticker) -- This year's Mid-American Conference 
championship game will have a decidedly new feel as it pits a 
pair of teams making their first appearance in the contest.

With a berth in the Motor City Bowl on line, No. 12 Ball State 
faces Buffalo in Friday's contest at Detroit's Ford Field.

The Cardinals (12-0, 8-0 MAC West), who set a school record for 
wins and rolled to their first undefeated regular season since 
1949, have been established as a two-touchdown favorite.

Buffalo (7-5, 5-3 East) will attempt to do what no one was able 
to accomplish during the regular season - slow down Ball State's
tandem of quarterback Nate Davis and running MiQuale Lewis.

The Cardinals clinched their first MAC West title with a 45-22 
victory over Western Michigan on November 25.  They are seeking 
their first MAC crown since 1996, when there was no conference 
title game.

"I am really happy for this group of kids and this senior class 
to come together and accomplish what they set out to get, but 
we're not finished yet," Ball State coach Brady Hoke said.

Lewis rushing for three touchdowns against Western Michigan, 
giving him 20 for the season and breaking Mark Bornholdt's 
previous school record of 19 set in 1979.

Lewis is the fourth-leading rusher in the Football Bowl 
Subdivision with 1,570 yards, while Davis is the sixth-rated 
quarterback in the FBS, having thrown for 3,095 yards and 25 
touchdowns.

Ball State has won 11 of its 12 regular-season games by double 
figures.  Its only test was a 31-24 victory at Central Michigan 
in which it had to rally from a seven-point deficit in the 
fourth quarter.

Coached by former Nebraska star quarterback Turner Gill, Buffalo
heads to Detroit after a wild season.  The Bulls were involved 
in six games that were decided on the final play, including 
three in overtime.

Buffalo clinched its first MAC East crown with a 40-34 
double-overtime win at Bowling Green on November 21.

The Bulls won after the biggest comeback in school history, 
rallying from a 20-point deficit in the fourth quarter as Drew 
Willy threw two touchdowns in the final 2 1/2 minutes of 
regulation to force overtime.

Buffalo's top threats are running back James Stark, who has 
rushed for 1,226 yards and 14 TDs, and receiver Naaman 
Roosevelt, who has 86 receptions for 1,196 yards and 10 scores.

The Bulls are hoping to secure the school's first bowl bid.  
Fifty years ago, Buffalo turned down an invitation to the 
Tangerine Bowl after the school was told not to bring its two 
black players to the game.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:02:38 GMT</pubDate>
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