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Broncos pull away from pesky La. Tech

By FROM NEWS SERVICES

Last update: November 7, 2009 - 12:27 AM

Kellen Moore threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 5 Boise State survived a brief scare on the road with a 45-35 victory over Louisiana Tech at Ruston, La.

Tech pulled within 30-28 early in the fourth quarter on Dennis Morris' leaping catch in the corner of the end zone. But the Broncos responded with touchdowns on consecutive drives, the second on Jeremy Avery's 44-yard run.

Avery finished with 146 yards rushing for Boise State (9-0, 4-0 Western Athletic Conference).

Clausen evokes Favre

When Navy defensive coordinator Buddy Green is asked about Notre Dame junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen, the veteran coach thinks back to 1990, and a quarterback from Southern Mississippi. He sees Brett Favre.

Clausen "reminds me of the way Favre was playing when he was a senior," said Green, who was an assistant at North Carolina State when the Wolfpack beat Favre's Golden Eagles in the All-American Bowl. "The way he's throwing the ball, the way he's scrambling out of the pocket when he gets pressure, and hitting people on the run, his reads, picking you apart -- soft corners, hard corners, deep balls -- he reminds me so much of Favre."

Clausen's polished, confident play is just one of the reasons why Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo -- whose 6-3 team has already faced No. 14 Pittsburgh and No. 15 Ohio State -- says that the 19th-ranked Fighting Irish, today's opponent, have "by far the best offense we've seen so far."

Grambling buses collide

A dozen students and a bus driver were injured when three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State marching band banged into each other in southern Arkansas while on the way to Little Rock, where Grambling plays Arkansas-Pine Bluff today.

Etc.

• Michigan State President Lou Anna K. Simon plans to meet with Big Ten officials to discuss the conference's football replay system. Spartans coach Mark Dantonio has been displeased by some calls, including one in last week's loss to the Gophers.

• The SEC fined Florida coach Urban Meyer $30,000 for saying publicly that refs missed a late hit on Gators quarterback Tim Tebow in last weekend's victory over Georgia.

• Dez Bryant plans to enter the 2010 NFL draft now that the NCAA has rejected the final appeal by Oklahoma State to reinstate the All-America wide receiver.

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