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Texas Tech 31, at No. 15 Nebraska 10: Steven Sheffield passed for a touchdown and ran for another in his first road start, and the Red Raiders (5-2, 2-1) jumped out fast to upset the Cornhuskers (4-2, 1-1). Sheffield, who passed for 490 yards and seven touchdowns in his debut as the starter against Kansas State last week, was nearly perfect early, completing 14 of his first 16 passes against the Cornhuskers. at No. 16 Oklahoma State 33, Missouri 17: Hubert Anyiam filled in for ineligible All-American Dez Bryant with 10 catches, a career-high 119 yards and the go-ahead touchdown as the Cowboys (5-1, 2-0)

Tyrod Taylor dodged several defenders and then rifled an 11-yard touchdown pass to Dyrell Roberts with 21 seconds left, rallying No. 13 Virginia Tech against No. 19 Nebraska, 16-15, on Saturday. Taylor, known for his running much more than his passing, completed two big, late throws for the Hokies (2-1). Taylor first connected with Danny Coale for 80 yards down the right sideline with 1:11 left, setting the ball up at the Nebraska three. After two plays, Taylor scrambled around for what seemed like a minute before connecting with Roberts.

Bo Pelini, entering Year Two on the gigantic job, has already transformed the Cornhuskers' famed "Blackshirts" defense into a premiere outfit. OK . . . premiere for the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska's national total defense ranking of 55th in 2008 isn't going to make anyone hold a nickname contest, but it ranked second in the league behind Texas at No. 51. Look at it this way: Every other Big 12 team registered between yellow and orange on USA Today's color-coded weather map: Kansas State (117, Death Valley)

at No. 2 Texas 59, Louisiana Monroe 20: Colt McCoy passed for 317 yards and two touchdowns, one of them covering 78 yards to Jordan Shipley, and Cody Johnson scored the Longhorns' first three touchdowns on short runs. at No. 24 Nebraska 49, Florida Atlantic 3: Roy Helu Jr. ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns and Zac Lee passed for 213 yards and two scores in his first start as the Cornhuskers won their 24th consecutive opener, the longest streak in the nation. at No. 25 Kansas 49, Northern Colorado 3: Todd Reesing sparked the slow-starting Jayhawks with two rushing touchdowns, then passed for two more in front of 53,530 at Memorial Stadium, the biggest home crowd in school history.

A Nebraska man who stuffed his girlfriend's kitten into a makeshift bong and filled it with marijuana smoke says that he had done it before and that it had calmed the kitten down. Acea Schomaker, 20, of Lincoln said Tuesday that he never intended to hurt the kitten, 6-month-old Shadow. He says the kitten would bite and scratch him and his girlfriend but he didn't want to discipline it by swatting it or squirting it with water.