Penn State clinches share of Big Ten

Published 11:11 pm Saturday, November 22, 2008

Penn State coach Joe Paterno has no plans to go out on top of the Big Ten.

After the Nittany Lions routed No. 17 Michigan State 49-18 on Saturday to earn a conference title and a trip to the Rose Bowl, Paterno said he doesn’t intend for his 43rd season as head coach to be his last — at least not yet.

‘‘I’m planning on coming back, yeah,’’ Paterno said who again coached from the press box.

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Daryll Clark threw for career-highs of 341 yards and four touchdowns and a stingy Penn State defense held Javon Ringer to a season-low 42 yards.

Penn State (11-1, 7-1) secured a share of the conference title and the school’s first trip to Pasadena since 1995.

No. 3 Florida 70, Citadel 19

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns and Chris Rainey ran for 142 yards and a score.

Florida (10-1) scored touchdowns on its first seven possessions, racked up 512 yards in the first half alone and became the first Southeastern Conference team to score at least 42 points in six consecutive games.

The Gators finished with 705 yards and did little wrong against an overmatched opponent from the Football Championship Subdivision.

No. 15 TCU 44, Air Force 10

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to give the Horned Frogs another 10-win season.

TCU (10-2, 7-1 Mountain West) has its fifth 10-win season in seven years. The senior class won its 40th game, matching the 1932-35 TCU squads for the most in a four-year period, with an undetermined bowl still to play.

Air Force (8-4, 5-3) was held to 150 yards rushing — 110 of that coming on only two runs.

Mississippi 31, No. 18 LSU 13

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jevan Snead threw two touchdown passes, and Markeith Summers ran for a 13-yard score out of the ‘‘Wild Rebel’’ formation to give the Rebels their fourth straight win.

Ole Miss (7-4, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) snapped a six-game losing streak against LSU (7-4, 3-4) with its first win in the long rivalry since 2001.

Snead was 16 of 25 for 274 yards. His scoring passes went for 34 and 25 yards, both to Mike Wallace.

N.C. State 41,

No. 25 North Carolina 10

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Russell Wilson threw for two touchdowns and had a key run in the third quarter to set up another score, and N.C. State earned the program’s first season sweep of the state’s four other major college teams in more than two decades.