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With Roster Intact, Buckeyes Have Enough to Hold Off the Razorbacks 2011

احدث اجدد واروع واجمل واشيك With Roster Intact, Buckeyes Have Enough to Hold Off the Razorbacks 2011


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The N.C.A.A.'s decision to delay suspensions for Terrelle Pryor, Dan Herron and DeVier Posey played a major role in No. 6 Ohio State's 31-26 victory over eighth-ranked Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday night.
Pryor passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns, including a 43-yarder to Posey late in the second quarter, and Herron rushed for a 9-yard score.

Pryor, Herron and Posey were among five players — along with All-Big Ten offensive tackle Mike Adams and backup defensive end Solomon Thomas — who violated N.C.A.A. rules by selling memorabilia and getting discounts on tattoos.

They will serve five-game suspensions next season if they return to the Buckeyes as they have pledged to do instead of entering the N.F.L. draft. However, they were permitted to play in the Sugar Bowl.

Ohio State (12-1) was trying to snap an 0-9 record against Southeastern Conference teams in bowl games and gain some respect for the Big Ten after a dismal performance on New Year's Day, when the league went 0-5 — including three losses to SEC teams.

The Buckeyes led by as much as 28-10 at halftime, but after both teams exchanged 46-yard field goals in the third, the Razorbacks (10-3) cut it to 31-19 when Ryan Mallett lofted a 22-yard touchdown pass that hit Jarius Wright in stride in the end zone. Arkansas then went for 2, with D. J. Williams making a short catch and stretching the ball across the goal line while being wrapped up by Jermale Hines on the 1.

Mallett had 277 yards passing and two touchdown tosses, including one to Joe Adams, who had nine catches for 120 yards. Knile Davis rushed for 140 yards, including runs of 16 and 11 yards on Arkansas' touchdown drive in the second quarter.

Pryor rushed for 115 yards on 15 carries and Herron had 87 yards on 24 carries.

Dane Sanzenbacher caught Pryor's first scoring strike, making a diving, 15-yard catch for his second touchdown of the game in the second quarter.

Earlier, Sanzenbacher opened the scoring when he recovered a fumble for a touchdown after Pryor lost the ball on the Arkansas 3 during a weaving, tackle-shedding, 34-yard scramble. Two Arkansas players collided as they tried to recover and the ball squirted into the end zone.

Arkansas quickly struck back after Ohio State's attempted surprise onside kick was recovered by the Razorbacks at their own 49. Soon after, Mallett hit Williams over the middle for an 18-yard gain to the 17, where Williams appeared to fall flat on top of linebacker Ross Homan before rising to his feet without being ruled down and scampering the rest of the way for a touchdown.

After the play was reviewed, officials ruled Williams's wrist touched the turf, drawing boos from Arkansas fans.

One play later, though, Mallett went straight for the end zone, where Adams hauled in the scoring pass just before stumbling out of bounds.


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