Associated Press
The college football notebook…
GREENSBORO ó Wake Forest’s Riley Skinner and Sam Swank have earned weekly honors from the ACC.
Skinner was named offensive back of the week Monday after throwing for 267 yards in the 30-28 win against Mississippi. Swank was named specialist of the week after kicking the last-second field goal for the win.
The ACC also honored Florida State’s Rodney Hudson as the top offensive lineman; Georgia Tech’s Darryl Richard as the top defensive lineman, North Carolina State’s Nate Irving at defensive back and Duke’s Johnny Williams as rookie of the week.
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE ó Seemingly everyone has a strong opinion about the 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on Washington quarterback Jake Locker after scoring a touchdown in the final seconds against No. 18 BYU ó pundits, coaches, even the manager of the New York Yankees.
Washington coach Tyrone Willingham decided to weigh in with his thoughts on Monday, two days after giving a reserved response following the Huskies 28-27 loss to the Cougars.
His opinion, like so many others: The refs were wrong.
“I think we all know that was not the right call … ,” Willingham said. “It’s an opportunity to use discretion and it was not used. The proper judgment was not used. That was not an act of a young man taunting. That was not an unsportmanlike act at all and therefore it should have been viewed in its totality and not just in the letter of the law.”
LSU & IKE
BATON ROUGE, La. ó LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva said Monday he wants his school’s game against North Texas to be played in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night as scheduled, but adds that other venues are being considered in case Hurricane Ike forces a change.
“Dallas and Shreveport may not be the best places given the direction of the storm,” Alleva added. “The safest place to go right now is Atlanta. Hopefully by Wednesday, we’ll know where we’ll play. We’re just keeping our fingers crossed.”
NORTH CAROLINA
CHAPEL HILL ó North Carolina found a way to avoid the poor performances that plagued the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference over the weekend: The Tar Heels didn’t play.
While its league rivals were losing to Middle Tennessee State or struggling with championship-subdivision teams, North Carolina was back on the practice field taking care of its own pesky opening-week struggles while preparing for this week’s visit to Rutgers.
“We’ve got a chance to make corrections from the mistakes in the (first) game as opposed to those errors, safety Trimane Goddard said Monday.