BIG 12/BIG TEN

TCU rolls in 2nd half to wallop Texas

AUSTIN, Texas -- Kenny Hill scored two touchdowns before leaving the game with a foot injury, and backup Foster Sawyer led a 97-yard scoring drive to all but clinch TCU's 31-9 victory against Texas on Friday at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium.

It was TCU's third consecutive victory against Texas, the Horned Frogs' first three-game winning streak in the series since winning in 1935, '36, '37 and '38, a span when they won two national championships.

It also marked a third consecutive victory in Austin for TCU.

The Horned Frogs (6-5, 4-4) outscored Texas (5-7, 3-6) 24-10 in the second half and qualified for a bowl with their sixth victory, giving them a chance to play in postseason for the 17th time in 19 years.

Hill's 41-yard touchdown run in the third quarter gave the Horned Frogs a 17-9 lead, and he had 78 yards when he left the game in the fourth quarter.

Sawyer took over after a punt gave TCU the ball at the 3-yard line with 9:18 left, and he engineered an eight-play scoring drive. Trevorris Johnson ran six times for 51 yards, and Sawyer completed a 21-yard pass to Daniel Walsh to set up Johnson's 5-yard touchdown run.

Anderson put the finishing touches on the victory with a 70-yard scoring run to finish the next TCU possession. The freshman from Richmond George Ranch had three carries for 103 yards at that point.

Hill finished 15-for-29 for 150 yards, was intercepted once and sacked three times. But behind his 4-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, TCU led 10-6 at halftime.

TCU outscored Texas 129-26 in winning three consecutive in the series and is 4-1 against the Longhorns since joining the Big 12.

The game was likely the end of Strong's coaching tenure at Texas. Strong and school administrators had said he'd been promised an evaluation after the final game, but a 16-21 overall record for the only Texas coach in program history with three consecutive losing seasons may be all anyone needs to know.

Texas will miss a bowl game for the second consecutive season.

In another game involving Big 12 teams Friday, Patrick Mahomes threw for 586 yards and matched his career high with six touchdown passes, including three on one-play drives before halftime, as Texas Tech (5-7, 3-6) finished its season with a 54-35 victory over Baylor (6-5, 3-5).

Big Ten

Hawkeyes upset 'Huskers

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- With a possible trip to the Big Ten championship game at stake, Nebraska fell flat.

C.J. Beathard threw three touchdown passes and the Hawkeyes pummeled No. 17 Nebraska 40-10 on Friday, knocking the Cornhuskers out of Big Ten title contention and sending Wisconsin to the championship game.

Tommy Armstrong started for Nebraska (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten) despite a balky hamstring and was just 13 of 35 passing for 125 yards. Backup Ryker Fyfe, who broke his non-throwing wrist last week, didn't take a snap until the game had long been decided.

"Tommy wasn't 100 percent," Huskers Coach Mike Riley said. "I don't know if he was the healthiest. ... I don't know how much it would have made a difference (to play Fyfe)."

Nebraska's defense was just as bad as its offense.

LeShun Daniels Jr. ran for 158 yards and two scores and George Kittle caught two TD passes for the Hawkeyes (8-4, 6-3). They closed the regular season with three consecutive victories -- two of them over ranked opponents -- and scored their most points since a victory over Purdue on Oct. 15.

Iowa broke open what was expected to be a tight game with a 75-yard TD run by Akrum Wadley and a 77-yard touchdown throw from Beathard to Riley McCarron in the first quarter.

"We played as good as we've played all year," Beathard said. "It just shows the fight and the resilience of this team."

The Badgers are big favorites to beat Minnesota today anyway. But the Cornhuskers, who entered November as a legitimate playoff contender, hardly looked like one after being outscored 102-13 in their last two road games.

"We gave up big plays. I think we were horrible on third down," Riley said. "I'm really disappointed all the way around in all of us."

Sports on 11/26/2016

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