Thursday, December 27, 2007

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl - Halftime


SAN DIEGO, Calif., — In a game marked by wild swings in momentum fueled by turnovers, personal fouls and one of the oddest unsportsmanlike penalties... ever, Texas leads Arizona State 28-18 at the half.
The Longhorns scored in a Holiday Bowl record 1:21 to start the game, then cruised to a 21-0 lead.
Derek Lokey scored his first touchdown on offense with a 2-yard reception to cap the first drive, and backup quarterback John Chiles scored on a 4-yard rush minutes later.
Running back Jamaal Charles rushed for 80 yards in the first quarter alone, and scored on a 15-yard run to end Texas' initial outburst.
In the second quarter things got interesting. A deflected backward pass was touched by a UT assistant as it rolled a few feet from the sideline. Texas recovered the ball several yards down the field, but a video replay revealed the sideline gaffe. Arizona State got the ball back, an automatic first down, and advanced half the distance to the goal line from the original line of scrimmage. The Sun Devils quickly scored to put their first points on the board.
Colt McCoy finished the first half with 56 positive yards and 42 negative yards of rushing, and seemed held together only by gumption, but it wasn't impressive.
He did score a 9-yard rushing TD.
An ASU field goal ended the scoring.

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