Oregon spoils Brown’s farewell

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ALAMO BOWLSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Marcus Mariota had 386 total yards and No. 10 Oregon returned two
interceptions for touchdowns, spoiling Texas coach Mack Brown’s farewell with a 30-7 victory in the Alamo
Bowl on Monday night.The BCS-snubbed Ducks (11-2) dominated throughout even though their famously
high-powered offense scored just one touchdown, when Josh Huff turned a short pass from Mariota into a
spectacular 16-yard sprint to the end zone.Brown received warm goodbyes from a sellout crowd in what was
practically a home game for Texas (8-5). Even the school marching band spelled his name at halftime.TEXAS
TECH 37, No. 16 ARIZONA STATE 23SAN DIEGO (AP) — Davis Webb threw for 403 yards and tied the Holiday Bowl
record with four touchdown passes, and Texas Tech raced past Arizona State to snap five-game losing
streak.Webb tied the record set by BYU’s Jim McMahon in 1980 and matched by Kansas State’s Brian Kavanagh in
1995 and Texas’ Major Applewhite in 2001.The Red Raiders (8-5) won for the first time since beating West
Virginia on Oct. 19. Arizona State (10-4) lost its second straight.Webb threw TD passes of 18 and 21 yards
to Jakeem Grant, 1 yard to Rodney Hall and 23 yards to Bradley Marquez, all in the first half.The Red
Raiders scored on four of their first five drives to take a 27-6 lead 5 minutes into the second
quarter.ARMED FORCES BOWLNAVY 24, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Keenan Reynolds ran for 86
yards with two more touchdowns and Navy won for the second time its last seven bowl games.Reynolds had a
3-yard score to cap the opening drive for Navy (9-4) and added a 1-yarder in the fourth quarter. Already
with the NCAA record for touchdowns rushing by a quarterback, Reynolds upped his total to 31 to match
Colorado State running back Kapri Bibbs, also a sophomore, for the national lead this season.Middle
Tennessee (8-5) was held to a season low in points. The Blue Raiders finished the regular season with a
five-game winning streak, averaging nearly 43 points a game in that stretch — since a 34-7 loss on Oct. 12
at North Texas, about 40 miles away from the TCU campus where the bowl was played.MUSIC CITY BOWLMISSISSIPPI
25, GEORGIA TECH 17NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bo Wallace ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score in
the Rebels’ second straight bowl victory under coach Hugh Freeze.The junior quarterback and Tennessee native
made up for his three turnovers in the Egg Bowl overtime loss by throwing for 256 yards and running for 86
more, giving him the school record for total yards in a season and most completions in a season, topping Eli
Manning for both.Ole Miss (8-5) now has won six straight bowls and 10 of the last 11 in making up for the
lone loss in that stretch in the 2000 Music City Bowl.Georgia Tech (7-6) has lost eight of nine bowls. The
Yellow Jackets scored 10 points in the fourth quarter as they tried to rally before a safety with 4:22 left
ended their last chance.

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