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Lochte swims to live, doesn't live to swim Rob CarrAP By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer ATLANTA Swimming is what Ryan Lochte does for a living. It's not his life. After his races, the 23-year-old Olympian would rather talk about anything but what just happened. Like skateboarding, surfing or his fancy sports car with an awesome sound system. Lochte might want to get more comfortable in the spotlight He's expected to be a gold-medal threat at next year's Beijing Olympics, and add to the gold and silver medals he won at the 2004 Athens Games.

At this year's world championships, he set a world record in the 200-meter backstroke, ending teammate Aaron Peirsol's seven-year winning streak Steve began tossing Ryan out of practice before his antics started. Ryan would run to the showers and spend the remaining 45 minutes under the hot. water with a smile on his face. "Ryan would push that button as dad-coach and he would know when to do it," Steve said. "Once we walked out of that pool, I would never say anything to him about being kicked out of practice." The family business of swimming was rarely discussed back at the house, even though Ryan, his two older sisters and younger brother Devon all swam for their father.

"That was the plan and we stuckto it," Ryan said. "We had a good separation and I think that's what helped me." in the event. i. "It's just encouraged him to want to do even more," said Gregg Troy, who coaches Lochte at Florida where he trains as a professional alongside the college team. "The morning after the 200 backstroke, he was exactly the same guy he was the morning after something that he hadn't done well.

That's a real attribute because it allows him to constantly have a clear picture of where he's going." Where Lochte has been his entire life is at the pool. His father Steve coaches a club team in Daytona Beach, and his mother Ileana coached her oldest son until he was 11. As a 4-year-old, he scampered alongside his father on the deck at the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. Navy's Irv Spencer breaks up a pass intended for Army's Corey Anderson in the end zone during the first half on Saturday.

Navy makes it six in a row over Army Csonka sees better days ahead for Dolphins starts. He was hindered by a muddy field at Pittsburgh, and the Dolphins lost 3-0 on a last-minute field goal. "Unusual circumstances," Csonka said with a chuckle. "The Dolphins held their own. They're not laying down." Csonka will be in Miami for a reunion of the '72 team in two weeks, when the Dolphins play Baltimore.

By then they could be 0-13. The only franchise -to achieve a perfect season is in danger of the first 0-16 finish, but Csonka recoils from the notion. He notes the Dolphins have lost six games by three points apiece and said it's best not to dwell on the possibility of going winless. "If that terrible thing should happen, at least there's some comfort in the fact to know they were in six or more games right to the wire," Csonka said. "But I don't see a broken team.

They're on the edge. I look for them to win a game or two." Easily bored, Lochte was a handful at practice as a teenager. He would find ways to get kicked out along with his best buddy unless there was an especially hard set of laps to do. He viewed that as a challenge. "But most of the time, he was doing something wrong, pulling on somebody's leg, blowing bubbles underwater, hiding at the other end of the pool," Steve Lochte recalled.

In a typical "week, the elder Lochte was lucky to get two days of work out of his son. By the time he was a junior in high school, Ryan managed to stick it out five days a week. Friday was always a goof-off day. "He loved it," Steve Lochte said. But the father-son duo frequently butted heads, so sees signs of a solid foundation, including quarterback John Beck and receiver Ted Ginn both rookies.

"I like the young quarterback they have," Csonka said. "I talked to him on the phone right after he was drafted. He likes to fish. He can't be all bad if he's a fisherman." Csonka invited Beck to go fishing in Alaska, and the rookie said he plans to accept the invitation and make the trip after the season. "For me, Larry Csonka is not just a football guy, but growing up watching outdoor shows, I would watch his show a ton," Beck said.

"So it's cool. And I've always watched football from way back in his time. The thing that sticks out is when you see old highlights of Larry Csonka, you think of the tough-looking guy running people over." Touted as the Dolphins' quarterback of the future, Beck has failed to lead the offense to a point in his two WOLVES Continued from Bl and practice were the keys to the bowl victory. "After our season we wanted to finish up strong. We had two good weeks of practice.

That was the secret right there." Western Oregon's first touchdown came after Matt Cox had sacked CSM quarterback David Pesek at the Orediggers'. line. A short punt set the Wolves up at the CSM 30 and they took six plays to score with Kauleinamoku grabbing a 19-yard catch before catching Thorson's touchdown pass with 2:42 left in the first quarter. Colorado Mines drove to the Wolves' 9-yard line to start the second quarter after Drew Ferren interception near midfield. But two, penalties and a pass completion for a loss forced CSM's Aaron Abel to try a 40-yard field goal with 9:25 remaining.

It was wide; Western Oregon's Sam Cook recovered a fumbled punt five minutes later and Kauleinamoku scored on an end around on the next play. The Wolves increased their lead to 19-0 on their next series after two sacks when DJ Jackson sprinted into the end zone from 17 yards away. Brad Ching's 22-yard catch had set him up. "That definitely was the turning point" Thorson TOP 25 Continued from Bl Southeastern Conference championship game and still a slight chance to play for the national title. Jonathan Zenon scored on an 18-yard interception return with 9:54 left to put LSU (11-2) ahead, then Darry Beckwith picked off another pass by Erik Ainge deep in Tigers territory to seal it NO.

6 VIRGINIA TECH 30, NO. 12 BOSTON COLLEGE 16: Virginia Tech's two-quarterback system worked to perfection on one drive, just enough to By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE How appropriate that Reggie Campbell ended his glorious afternoon by conducting the Navy band in the playing of the school's alma mater. Given the versatility he displayed on the football field, why not let him try his hand at something else? Campbell had a school-record 98-yard kickoff return, amassed 73 yards on punt returns and scored a rushing touchdown to lead the Midshipmen past mistake-prone Army 38-3 Saturday. On a day in which Navy reached several milestones, the Midshipmen put a lopsided slant on college football's biggest rivalry by becoming the first team to win six straight "I'm really proud of our football team. Today they did something that had never been accomplished in the history of the Army-Navy series," coach Paul Johnson said.

"Thirty-eight to three is not much of a rivalry," Army coach Stan Brock conceded. The Midshipmen improved to' 52-49-7 against Army, their biggest lead in lead to 26-6 when Matt Buche recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone with 2:24 remaining. Colorado Mines responded with a drive which culminated with Marin Richardson's 2-yard run with 15 seconds left in the game. "They're real solid," Western Oregon coach Arne Ferguson said of Colorado Mines. "The key was containing them and giving our offense more chances." Western Oregon loses 18 seniors.

Ferguson made a point of getting all of them into post-game pic-. tures. "I can't say enough about them. People forget this group was 1-9 four years ago." Western Oregon's defense limited Mines to 90 yards total offense in the first half and 257 overall. The yards for a score with 1 1 seconds to playJVO.

8 USC 24, UCLA David Booty passed for 206 yards and one touchdown, USC rushed for another 231 yards, and the Trojans beat the Bruins to assure themselves a spot in the Rose BowL The Trojans (10-2, 7-2 Pac-10) won their final four regular-season games to earn an unprecedented sixth consecutive conference championship. OREGON STATE 38, NO. 18 OREGON 31, 20T: Freshman wide receiver James Rodgers ran 25 yards around end for the go-ahead touchdown, and the Oregon State defense stuffed No. 18 a series that began in 1890. No team had ever won six in a row, though the Black Knights once registered eight wins around a pair of ties.

Campbell, who accounted for 227 yards, was the difference. His kickoff return made it 14-3 in the second quarter, and the 5-foot-6 senior returned a punt 46 yards to set up a 51 -yard field goal on the last play of the first half that put Navy up 24-3. Game over. "I thought that was a huge play in the game from a momentum standpoint Johnson Navy (8-4), which earlier this year ended a 44-game losing streak to Notre Dame, capped a memorable regular season with another 'blowout against Army (3-9)! The Midshipmen have out-scored the Black Knights by 169 points during their six-game streak. "It means a lot Campbell said.

"The seniors of the past couple of classes laid the foundation, and we're just kind of trying to keep it going." Campbell, whose 12-yard run made it 31-3 with 10:18 left, was much smoother on the field than as a band leader. Wolves sacked Pesek nine times with Victor Filipe getting three and Justin Cuellar accounting for two. Much of the Orediggers' second-half yardage came, on their final drive. The Wolves finished with just 301 yards total offense. Thorson was 15-for-27 for 180 yards but suffered four interceptions.

Ching and Kauleinamoku each had three catches. Pesek was 26-40-2 for 228 yards. Dykstra caught nine balls for 87 yards. "It was frustrating," CSM coach Bob Stitt said of the first half. "They were a very physical defense who just bull-rushed us.

In the second half we didn't do anything differently. We just threw it-more and they weren't get- ting as much rush when they got a little tired. "We made too many errors on special teams," Stitt said. NOTES: Thorson isn't ready to give up football, i "I love what football has done for me," the 6-foot-6, 240-pounder said. "I'm going to try to play at the next level.

I'll go back home and put together a highlight tape to send out and see what happens." "This gives teams something to play for even though they are out of the playoff hunt Mines coach. Bob Stitt said of the Dixie Rotary BowL "It was a great experience for us." Oregon on fourth down. The two teams matched field goals in the first extra session before Rodgers broke free on the first play of the second overtime. Oregon (8-4. 5-4 Pac-10) was faced with fourth-and-' 1 from the 16 when it got chance to answer, but tailback Jonathan Stewart was stopped for a loss on a run up the middle.

The Beavers (8-4, 6-3) spilled onto the field to celebrate their victory in the 1 1 1th Civil War, giving a big lift to their bowl resume1 with their third straight win! It was the first time a road team had won the rivalry game since 1996. the face of the franchise, and the image-lingers of him bulling into the line, head down and both arms wrapped around the ball, ready to throw his shoulder at some poor would-be tackier. Bruising, relentless and intimidating, Csonka was everything the '07 Dolphins are not. But he. does not criticize or cast blame for the sorry state of his former team, because he remem bers what it was like to lose.

"You talk about 17-0," Csonka said, "but in 1969, just three years before '72, we were 2-12 or something like that And we got waffled a couple of times." Those '69 Dolphins actually went 3-10-1, even though the team included Csonka, Bob Griese, Nick," Buoniconti and Larry all future members of, the'-Pro Football Hall of Fame, i 1 Those Dolphins became champions, and Csonka said the current Dolphins! can rebuild quickly, too. He Dixie State outrebound-j; ed UCCS 40-25 with Troy! Randall grabbing eight in! support of Winters' 15. Hawkins led the Mountain Lions with 24 points. Nic Fuller added 11 points and Davis had nine points and seven rebounds. Dixie State's freshmeft combined for 28 points.

Not all of them came at garbage time. freshmen are grow- ing up fast" Judkins said. "Our freshmen, we need them. They did a good job of growing up." Of things he didn't Judkins said, "we could have shot better from the. fouli line.

And they got two many! easy buckets on drives." UCCS shot 45 percent; from the field while DSCf shot 54 percent Until the! final minutes, the two teams were dead even at 50 per-j cent apiece. "(BYU) is very balanced; and very physical," San Diego State linebacker Russell Allen said. "They have a system in place and they execute it" San Diego State kept the game close, trailing just 20-13 at the break. But Unga scored on a 7-yard run on BYU's first possession of the second half. Kevin O'Connell hit Lynell Hamilton with a 3-yard touchdown pass just past the midway point of the third quarter to pull the Aztecs to 27-20, but the Cougars responded, with Unga's 3-yard TD run' just before the end of the-quarter.

Vakapuna scored from 2 yards out less than 3 minutes into the fourth quarter to give BYU a 41-20 lead. O'Connell completed 33 of 55 passes for 288 yards and one interception. He also scored on runs of 7 and 2 yards. The game was rescheduled from Oct 27 due to wildfires in San Diego. By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI A good place for a Miami Dolphins fan to seek refuge this season would be Alaska, where the NFL seems very far away.

"Yep, it does," Larry Csonka said. "Everything is very far away The former Dolphins fullback spends half the year in Alaska taping his outdoor cable TV show, savoring the frontier lifestyle and paying little attention to the day's headlines and standi ngs. Csonka's now back home in Ohio for the winter, and for the first time this season he watched his old team play Monday night Miami lost at Pittsburgh to fall to 0-1 1. "Whatgoesaroundcomes around," Csonka said. Even if it takes 35 years.

In 1972, Csonka and the Dolphins went 17-0, still the only perfect season in NFL history, and they repeated as Super Bowl champions the next year. Csonka was REBELS Continued from Bl a 72-60 lead with about 10 minutes remaining in the game. "They made a run again and our guys adjusted to it" Judkins said. After that things got a bit ugly as the two teams paraded to the foul line 51 times. In the final two minutes, after both teams had sent in their younger reserves, the Mountain Lions fouled nearly every time down the court As a result the teams combined for 95.

free throws with UCCS hitting 21-of-30 and DSC making 46-of-65. "I think their coach was trying to make a statement that he didn't like the officiating," Judkins said. UCCS was whistled for 42 fouls to DSC 22. COUGARS Continued from Bl knowing they were going to get six, seven, eight yards every time they touched it Hall said. "All the running opened up stuff through the air." Hall completed 19 of 26 passes for 227 yards with one Besides his scoring pass to Unga, Hall also threw touchdown passes of 17 yards to Austin Collie and 13 yards to Dennis Pitta.

"For a young player like Unga to play with the poise and confidence that he plays with, I'm so impressed," Mendenhall said. San Diego State (4-8, 3-5) allowed a combined 148 points and 1,902 total yards in its last three games, all losses. "These last three games have been a little bit rough," acknowledged San Diego State coach Chuck Long, whose school has not had a winning season since 1998. Christopher Onstott The Spectrum Daily News Western Oregon University fans cheer on the Wolves to victory in the Rotary Bowl on Saturday at Hansen Stadium. said.

defense won played great and won this game today." The half ended with the teams trading interceptions. Gilmore got a pick for the Wolves, but A.J. Montalvo turned Western Oregon away with his theft after they had reached the 10-yard line. Montalvo received his teams MVP award. He had six tackles, including three-for loss and shared in a sack.

Neither team scored in the third quarter. Mines, whose offense had been stagnant all afternoon, put together a solid drive after Ferren's second interception. Pesek connected with Derek Dykstra from five yards to close to 19-6 with 9:39 left in the game. His two-point conversion passing attempt failed, however. Western Oregon ran its get the Hokies to the Orange Bowl.

Sean Glennon threw three touchdown passes. Tech's defense finally stopped Matt Ryan and the sixth-ranked Hokies beat No. 12 Boston College for the Atlantic Coast Conference title. Taylor gained 31 yards on a quarterback draw, then Glennon capped an 84-yard drive with a 24-yard strike to Eddie Royal with 7:12 remaining. Vince Hall intercepted Ryan's fourth-down, desperation pass near the goal line with 2:16 to play.

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