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Briscoe holds on in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chase Briscoe held off a last-lap charge from points leader Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Briscoe swept all three stages on the 1.5-mile track to earn maximum playoff points. Larson lost control on the final stretch and collided with Tyler Reddick, who slid into the infield but still recovered to finish third. It was Briscoe's first career Cup Series victory in Las Vegas, where he led a race-high 175 laps. Briscoe also moved up to sixth in The Chase standings. Denny Hamlin, who entered second in the playoff ...

Jeremiah Smith ramps up Heisman campaign

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Julian Sayin threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, two to Jeremiah Smith, and No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 14 Iowa 31-14 on Saturday. Sayin was 20-of-27 passing, and his favorite target was Smith, the nation's top receiver. Smith had 11 catches for 206 yards, becoming Ohio State's leader in receptions (207), receiving yards (3,381) and receiving touchdowns (36). One of Smith's longest catches of the day was a 54-yarder in the second quarter in which Smith caught the ball in the middle of triple coverage. "That was not a great read, but a ridiculous throw ...

Lawrence gets first win over Bengals

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Jaguars didn't have a nightmare finish in Cincinnati for the second straight year. Jacksonville's defense made two key stops in the red zone — including stopping Bengals running back Chase Brown 1 yard shy of a first down with 50 seconds remaining — and Trevor Lawrence passed for 227 yards and a touchdown as the Jaguars held off the Bengals 22-17 on Sunday. Being able to hold on for a tight victory marked a milestone for Liam Coen's team. Jacksonville lost to the Bengals 31-27 in Week 2 last year on Jake Browning's 1-yard sneak with 18 seconds ...

Penguins earn another conference win

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Beau Brungard threw for 219 yards and a touchdown and ran for another, and Youngstown State beat Southern Illinois 28-16 Saturday in a matchup of two Top 25 Stats Perform poll participants in the Championship Subdivision. Brungard, who managed to overcome a pair of interceptions, ran for 69 yards on 16 carries and completed 20 of 29 passes. The Penguins (4-2, 2-1 MVFC), ranked No. 8 in the poll, faced a 10-7 halftime deficit and took control late in the third quarter and into the fourth. Brungard ran it in from the 1 to end an 11-play, 61-yard drive that ...

WVU defense gashed by Iowa State in loss

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Defensive coordinator Zac Alley and West Virginia’s defense was in need of a bounce-back game. Oklahoma State gashed Alley’s defense for 609 yards. The defense was supposed to go back to the drawing board, and it didn't look like it improved at all against Iowa State. The Cyclones had 577 yards on the Mountaineers' defense. This was the second-straight game where Alley’s defense allowed 500-plus yards of offense and 45 points. WVU also allowed 29 first downs compared to Iowa State's 19. And it’s not like the Cyclones' offense was top-tier coming into ...