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Purdue's offense rallies, but can't top Spartans 10/11/2014 09:37pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- One costly mistake ruined Purdue's big chance.On a day the team rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns against the nation's fourth-stingiest run defense, and quarterback Austin Appleby led the Boilermakers back from two double-digit defi No. 8 Michigan St. holds off Purdue rally 45-31 10/11/2014 09:00pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio likes his team's resilience.Now it's time to develop a knockout punch.Connor Cook threw three touchdown passes and Nick Hill ran for two scores Saturday, but No. 8 Michigan State still needed a late interc Grambling State holds off Alcorn State 28-21 10/11/2014 08:40pm • GRAMBLING, Ga. (AP) -- Johnathan Williams had three total touchdowns and Grambling State survived Alcorn State's fourth-quarter rally for a 28-21 victory on Saturday.In a matchup of Southwestern Athletic Conference division leaders, Grambling State (4-3, 4-0) also became the lone undefeated team in Bell Jr. leads Eastern Michigan over Buffalo 37-27 10/11/2014 06:40pm • YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Reginald Bell Jr. ran for three touchdowns and threw for one more to lead Eastern Michigan over Buffalo 37-27 on Saturday.Buffalo took an early 10-3 lead before Bell faked a dive on second-down, cut right then ran up the middle untouched for a 71-yard touchdown to pull the E No. 23 Missouri routed by No. 13 Georgia 34-0 10/11/2014 06:10pm • JAKE KREINBERG Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- For the second consecutive game, Missouri's offense sputtered early. This time, there wouldn't be a comeback.Maty Mauk completed nine of 21 passes for 97 yards and accounted for five turnovers as the 23rd-ranked Tigers were blanked 34-0 by No. 13 Without Gurley, No. 13 Georgia routs Missouri 34-0 10/11/2014 05:04pm • JAKE KREINBERG Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- No Todd Gurley? No problem for Georgia.This time, anyway.Freshman Nick Chubb rushed 38 times for 143 yards and one touchdown as the 13th-ranked Bulldogs shut out No. 23 Missouri 34-0. Georgia (5-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) wore down the Tiger UNLV beats Fresno State 30-27 in overtime 10/11/2014 03:00am • ADAM SOBOLESKI Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nicolai Bornand made a 33-yard field goal in overtime, lifting UNLV to a 30-27 victory over Fresno State on Friday night in a game of missed opportunities for both teams.Bornand also made a 46-yard field goal to tie it at 27 with 3:37 left in the reg Review: 'It's Only A Play' is wickedly funny 10/10/2014 10:40am • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Some people might call "It's Only A Play" a valentine to the theater, but you mustn't believe them.Terrance McNally's play is not so much a love letter from a shy, smitten admirer as a mash note sent by a stalker who's written it in capital letters and s Bucks rally to beat Grizzlies in Parker's debut 10/08/2014 11:34pm • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Jabari Parker started his first preseason game with a case of the jitters. The rookie steadied himself with a few dunks.The new era for the Milwaukee Bucks is off to a promising start.Parker scored eight of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, Mom who tried to kill daughter gets 10-22 years 10/08/2014 09:32pm • JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BEULAH, Mich. (AP) -- A judge Wednesday sentenced the mother of an autistic Michigan teenager to 10-22 years in prison for what the woman described as a failed murder-suicide attempt brought on by despair after years of violent attacks by her child and failure to find a Drug agency sued over its fake Facebook account 10/08/2014 03:20pm • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case in hopes of tricking her friends and associates into re 10 Things to Know for Wednesday 10/08/2014 12:16am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:1. ISLAMIC STATE GROUP POISED TO CAPTURE KEY TOWNOutgunned Kurdish fighters struggle to defend Kobani, a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, despite a small boost Feds help asked in Florida prison death 10/07/2014 10:10pm • KAREEM COPELAND Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The attorneys who represented Trayvon Martin's family have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of a Florida inmate who had told relatives she feared for her life in prison.Thirty-six-year-old Latandra Ellington, Justin Thomas helping Georgia Tech find identity 10/07/2014 07:40pm • GEORGE HENRY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Quarterback Justin Thomas is pleased that No. 22 Georgia Tech didn't need too long to find its comfort level on offense.Consecutive victories over Virginia Tech and Miami have pushed the Yellow Jackets (5-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) into The Associ Clemson coach: No time for 'What-ifs' about QBs 10/07/2014 06:32pm • PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson coach Dabo Swinney still believes he made the correct decision coming out of fall camp: Deshaun Watson was the team's backup quarterback.That hasn't stop people asking if the freshman might've prevented the team's rough start had he opene