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MOBILE, Ala. -- Cole Garvin threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns in place of injured starter Dallas Davis, and South Alabama beat No. 19 San Diego State 42-24 on Saturday night.A sophomore who transferred from Marshall, Garvin threw touchdown passes of 37 yards to Kevin Kutchera, 79 yards to tight end Gerald Everett, and 6 yards to Josh McGee.We had a great week of practice, Garvin said. I was nervous until I got on the field. I mean, I havent played in three years. But we had a great game plan and my receivers made some great, great catches.San Diego States Donnel Pumphrey ran for 156 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries. He broke 100 yards rushing for the 25th time and went over 5,000 yards to become the Mountain Wests career leader.Jaguars coach Joey Jones said the plan was to keep Pumphrey hemmed in.Our defense believes in themselves, Jones said. We had a plan to keep him off the perimeter and they played their tails off tonight.It was a back and forth for most of the game, with the teams trading scores into the fourth quarter.But after South Alabama (3-2) took a 28-24 lead on Garvins strike to McGee in the left corner of the end zone with 11:58 left, a bad punt snap on the Aztecs next possession set up South Alabama at the San Diego State 3 and Dami Ayola took it in from there for a 35-24 bulge.Regular long snapper Turner Bernard went out early in the game, forcing freshman Mark Ellis into duty.It got worse for the Aztecs (3-1) on the ensuing drive when South Alabamas Devon Earl returned a fumble 80 yards for a touchdown to seal it with 4:17 to go.South Alabamas other score came on Tyreis Thomas pinballing 12-yard run. On Everetts TD, he outraced the secondary the final 45 yards down the left sideline to the end zone.San Diego State scored on Rashaad Pennys 15-yard run, Pumphreys 7-yarder, John Baron IIs field goal, a short TD pass from Christian Chapman to Kahale Warring, and a 2-point conversion throw to David Wells.San Diego State fell to 0-2 all-time against South Alabama, and the Aztecs are now 13-6-1 against the Sun Belt Conference.UP NEXTSAN DIEGO STATE: Hosts UNLV next week.SOUTH ALABAMA: Off next week.Fake China Jerseys . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. Wholesale Custom Jerseys . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. 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Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race.LOS ANGELES -- Morris Taft, a guard under coach John Wooden at UCLA from 1954-56 who helped the Bruins win their first NCAA tournament game, has died. He was 84.The school said Taft died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness.He helped lead the Bruins to a 61-18 record during his three seasons, averaging in double figures his last two.As a senior in 1955-56, Taft helped the Bruins win their first NCAA tournament game, beating Seattle 94-70 in a consolation game after they lost to San Francisco and future Hall of Famer Bill Russell in the opening round. Earlier that season, UCLA had lost to Russell and the Dons at the ECAC Holiday Festival in New York.The Bruins opened that season with a 4-5 nonconference record before cruising through their Pacific Coast Conference schedule with a 16-0 record to finish first. They didnt have a home court, so the Bruins traveled between three different locations to play.ddddddddddddTaft averaged 17.3 points, second-best on the team, as a senior. He averaged 12.6 points as a junior, and started his last two seasons. He was named first-team All-PCC in 1955-56.As a sophomore playing on the varsity, Taft helped the Bruins beat Russells San Francisco team 47-40.Taft was chosen 56th overall in the 1956 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks, now in Atlanta, but he never played in the league.After college, Taft worked as an insurance agent for Equitable Life, often selling policies to other athletes and professionals.He is survived by his three children, Paula, Monisa and Morris Jr., and two grandchildren. ' ' '