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IRVING, Texas – Kendrick Lewis says Oklahoma State presents the same type challenges as teams they’ve faced all season in the Southeastern Conference.

Zac Lee showed his moxie during the Husker’s Holiday Bowl appearance with 238 total yards. Lee’s performance has set him u…

When Shawn Watson talks about the Nebraska offense of 2010, he brings up a ball-control passing machine that’s capable of …

DALLAS – Bright orange spirit spread over Dallas this week as Oklahoma State University alumni and fans geared up for days of activities right up until the OSU game against Mississippi at 1 p.m. Saturday in the 74th Cotton Bowl.

Mike Mayock said Iowa State’s Jesse Smith could be a surprise to many by landing in the NFL….Paul Burmeister said it was clear which team had the bigger fan following all week in Tempe, Ariz.

Well, no one said it would be pretty, and it wasn’t. No one said it would be easy. And it wasn’t.

Praise for Gabbert Perhaps he was just showing some class, but Navy linebacker Ross Pospisil seemed impressed by MU sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert, even though Pospisil picked off one of Gabbert’s passes.

Key play: On the second play from scrimmage, Danario Alexander took a pass in the left flat upfield, cut inside and ran untouched 58 yards for a touchdown. It was the longest pass play given up by Navy this season. Key stat: Navy’s triple-option offense gave Missouri fits.

HOUSTON | Nose tackle Jaron Baston has played his last game as a Missouri Tiger. He sees good things ahead for the program. But there will be a hangover from the 35-13 whipping Mizzou took from Navy on Thursday in the Texas Bowl.

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NAVY 35, MISSOURI 13

HOUSTON | Twenty-four seconds into the Texas Bowl, Missouri grabbed the lead on a vintage 58-yard catch-and-run touchdown by Danario Alexander. Never again were the Tigers in control of the game or of a Navy team that ran and passed over and around MU’s defense all day long.

HOUSTON — The sport of football, as Missouri understands it, involves a lot of 6-foot-5 guys. One 6-5 guy catches a shotgun snap and throws it to another 6-5 guy while five bulky 6-5 guys get in the way of the giants in the opposing uniforms. This is the way it works, no?

It’s not in the box score, but punter Mike Brandtner had as much to do with Iowa State’s Insight Bowl 14-13 win against Minnesota as anyone.

Iowa State’s 14-13 victory against Minnesota on Thursday added the final chapter to a successful book started when coach Paul Rhoads said in his first team meeting that the Cyclones would prepare not just to get to a bowl game this season, but to win it.

Before a half-empty crowd at Reliant Stadium, the Tigers couldn’t keep up with Navy in a 35-13 loss.

LAWRENCE — It is the City of Brotherly love, the home of the Liberty Bell and Rocky and Wilt Chamberlain and Marcus and Markieff Morris. read more

MANHATTAN — Wally Judge counts John Wall and Demarcus Cousins among his closest friends. Both play for Kentucky, and both are freshmen. One is pretty much the best player in college basketball, and the other is a possible one-and-done lottery pick. read more

HOUSTON | One replay booth review cost Navy a touchdown. Another, on the very next play, gave the Midshipmen a second chance. And Navy holds a 14-10 lead over Missouri at the half of the Texas Bowl.

Richmond defensive coordinator Vic Shealy will join Kansas University football coach Turner Gill's staff, the Journal-World has learned.

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