College football Thursday

Tonight's game will likely go down to the wire

Should be another easy one this week

Will Idaho be the team's only win?

Wildcats jumping over every hurdle so far

T-bird fans have to be happy with turnaround

Cameron

Higgins,

Weber

State, QB

What a find this guy has been for the Wildcats. He completed 29 of 36 passes for four touchdowns and 366 yards in the snow at Montana State. He leads the FCS in passing yards.

BYU at TCU

The biggest game of the season for the Cougars so far.

Talk of

the subdivision

Southeastern Conference

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — No, that's not a misprint — or a copy of last year's stats. An Arkansas Razorback is again leading the Southeastern Conference in rushing.

Michael Smith — all 5-foot-7 of him — has taken over where Darren McFadden left off. With a 35-carry, 176-yard effort at Auburn last weekend, Smith answered any lingering questions about whether he could step in for Arkansas' departed star.

"I've known it for a while," quarterback Casey Dick said. "During spring practice whenever he'd be back there when Darren and Felix (Jones) were here — every time he got the ball he'd do something special with it just like those other guys. Just because he's smaller doesn't mean he's not a good football player."

Smith toiled in obscurity for his first three years at Arkansas. He redshirted in 2005, then played sparingly the following two seasons. While McFadden was challenging for the Heisman Trophy and Jones was speeding through opposing secondaries, Smith tried to make the most of limited opportunities.

He showed flashes of potential, averaging 6.8 yards per carry over two seasons. He also fumbled toward the end of the first half against Kentucky last year. The turnover was returned for a touchdown — a huge momentum shift in a game the Razorbacks eventually lost.

—Associated Press

Quotable

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I think we're in the middle of a big batch of soup. It really will be a very interesting last half of the season.

Mike Riley

Oregon State head coach on the tight race for the Pac-10 title

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D8 DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008