Louisville upset at home by FIU

Winston Fraser returned an interception 71 yards and T.Y. Hilton scored touchdowns on his first two catches as Florida International upset host Louisville, 24-17, last night, the Panthers’ first win in six tries against the Big East Conference.
The Panthers (2-0) never trailed as Fraser stepped in front of a pass by Will Stein and ran up the left sideline for the TD midway through the first quarter. Hilton had a school-record 201 yards receiving, and the Panthers had five sacks and two turnovers in the big win for the defending Sun Belt Conference champs.

Louisville (1-1) had been 25-8 against nonconference opponents since joining the Big East in 2005. The Cardinals’ Will Stein threw for a career-high 349 yards and two touchdowns.

Silva simply perfect Matt Silva threw for three touchdowns and ran for another score in the opening quarter as Framingham State (1-1) blasted visiting Nichols, 54-13. Silva tore apart the Bison (0-2) by completing all 14 of his throws, good for 234 yards and five TDs. The Rams also got 122 yards rushing and two scores from Melikke Van Alstyne . . . Mark Gilson threw for three TDs to pace Curry (1-1) past Fitchburg State, 49-14, in Milton. The Colonels outgained the Falcons (1-1), 523 yards to 120, and had a huge edge in first downs (26-9) . . . Kenny Russell’s second score of the game came on a 14-yard reverse with 9:11 to play, lifting host Worcester State (2-0) to a 21-14 victory over WPI (0-2) . . . Western Connecticut absorbed a 48-0 opening loss as visiting New York Maritime (1-0) got four TD runs from Jamie Spanopoulos.

Miami QB apologizes Miami quarterback Jacory Harris publicly apologized to the university and its fans for his role in an extra-benefits scandal and acknowledged making mistakes as a freshman.

It was the first time Harris had spoken out about the investigation since the NCAA ordered him and seven other players to sit out at least one game for taking gifts from former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro. In all, 12 players had to make charitable donations after an investigation by the university and NCAA found those players took money or gifts.

Harris will resume playing when Miami hosts Ohio State on Sept. 17.

Harris declined comment when asked if he felt the NCAA process was fair.

WR banned 4 games South Carolina freshman receiver Damiere Byrd was suspended four games by the NCAA for his involvement with a mentoring organization.

In addition to sitting out games, the NCAA said Byrd must also pay back $2,700 in impermissible benefits he and the family received from a South Carolina booster during his recruitment. The NCAA said the inducements included lodging, transportation, and meals during unofficial visits to South Carolina. The NCAA said Byrd or his family attended a party at the booster’s home and received gift cards.

The Student Athlete Mentoring Foundation is the same organization Florida defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd was involved with and the Gators sophomore received a two-game suspension and also ordered by the NCAA to repay $2,700 in impermissible benefits from the SAM Foundation.

It’s not sitting well While Baylor is pushing an e-mail campaign to preserve the Big 12 Conference and rivalry games in the state, Texas A&M said the Bears purchased only 830 tickets from a possible allotment of 3,850 for their Oct. 15 game in College Station, Texas.

Those figures were released by Texas A&M, whose departure from the Big 12 to a pending spot in the SEC is on hold after Baylor and other schools refused to waive their right to sue over such a move.

Baylor said that it had requested 2,000 tickets for the game by July 1, the deadline set by the Big 12. Texas A&M said that Idaho, with 264, was the only opposing team that will play at Kyle Field this year that purchased fewer tickets from the Aggies than Baylor, whose campus is less than 100 miles away.

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