Rutgers pulls stunner
Piscatawa, N.J. ? Rutgers arrived – and kicked No. 3 Louisville right out of the national championship scramble.
The program that once set the standard for college football futility jumped into the title picture Thursday night by rallying from a big deficit for a 28-25 victory over the Cardinals.
On his second chance, Jeremy Ito kicked a 28-yard tiebreaking field goal with 13 seconds left and the second consecutive prime-time showdown between Big East unbeatens went to No. 15 Rutgers (9-0, 4-0).
“This is the new Rutgers,” said Scarlet Knights fullback Brian Leonard, the fifth-year senior who was a redshirt freshman on a 1-11 team. “This is a dream of mine.”
Just a week ago, it was Louisville (8-1, 3-1) celebrating the biggest win in school history, a 44-34 victory over West Virginia that vaulted the Cardinals into the thick of the national championship race.
This time, it was Rutgers’ turn to party.
No. 25 BYU 55, Wyoming 7
Provo, Utah – John Beck passed for 313 yards and two touchdowns and moved up to second on Brigham Young’s career passing list as the No. 25 Cougars clinched a share of their first conference title in five years by beating Wyoming, 55-7, Thursday night.

