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Welcome to El Paso's Crown Jewel, the Brute Sun Bowl, glad to have you alongside today
here on CBS.
I'm Craig Bullerjack, and this game matches Red Hot Oregon State from the Pac-10 winners
of their last three against the eight and four Missouri titles from the Big 12.
Steve Berline joins me now here in El Paso, and hey, Oregon State turned the world upside
down back in October with that upset win over USC.
They can beat you many, many ways.
You hit it exactly on the head, Craig.
That USC game back in October, man, put them on the national map, but it was in the middle
of an eight-game stretch where they won seven, and they won because of the balance in their
offense.
Quarterback Matt Moore, running back Evanston Bernard, and wide receiver Sammy Strotter.
These are three guys that are making plays, but you start with the quarterback, Matt Moore.
This is a guy who's been through all kinds of adversity.
A tough season last year in 05, a two and three start this year, but he's realized he's
got playmakers led by number 26, Evanston Bernard, a running back who's on the field every down.
He is the most dependable, most reliable weapon on this team, but the guy that scares opposing
defenses and coaches the most is right there, number 19, Sammy Strotter.
He can hurt you quickly in the passing game or in the punt return game.
This guy is lightning in a bottle, and he scares Missouri.
Let's talk about those Missouri Tigers because their offense, Steve, is in great hands, good
hands with their quarterback, the pinpoint passing of Chase Daniel.
Yeah, and this kid is a kid maybe you haven't heard of, but believe me, before it's all
said and done, you will hear and you will know who Chase Daniel is.
This is a kid who's a sophomore.
He's not very big in terms of physical size, but he plays very big in the spread offense
of Missouri.
This guy is incredibly accurate.
He's got great poise.
And when you talk to the players and coaches about this guy, the reverence which they speak
about him, it's amazing because you usually are talking about an experienced guy who has
spoken about that highly, but he's got some great weapons in that spread offense led by
the two huge six-foot-six tight ends, Chase Kauffman, Martin Rucker.
These are guys that can stretch the field from the inside, but the wild card is true
freshman wide receiver, Jared Perry.
This is a guy that can make some big plays.
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Missouri comes in with a record of 8 and 4, and OSU 9 and 4, and let's welcome in the
Missouri Tigers.
And a big Sun Bowl welcome to 25th ranked Oregon State.
The teams are on the field, so is the third member of our team, let's go live, Sam Ryan.
And Craig, the last thing this Missouri team needed before its final game of the year,
a stomach flu.
It actually hit them last weekend when they first arrived in El Paso, Texas.
Made its way through the team, about 35 players affected, several starters included.
Adam Spieger at the starting center was feeling it, the team's final practice on Wednesday.
Well, the coaching staff was so concerned that he was going to pass it to starting quarterback
Chase Daniel.
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He is feeling much better today, but I am told this morning a couple players on offense
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Thank you, Sam, and we are moments away from kickoff.
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temperature not bad for late December forty five degrees wind nine miles an hour should
not play a factor and the forecast is for partly sunny skies and today's game is in
high-definition television and Steve Berline offense will be invoked today between these
two clubs you telling me these are two teams that can light it up the spread offense for
Missouri it's exciting to watch that ball gets around gets in and out of their quick
no huddle the players are coming at you fast they've got the talent on the outside Oregon
State very balanced both sides and really a talented football team head coach of Missouri
in the seventh year Gary Pinkle signed a new five-year contract back in November and Mike
Riley in his fourth season Oregon State was five and six a year ago and bumped that record
at nine and four Riley's second tenure with the Oregon State Beavers Oregon State won the
toss deferred so Missouri will receive Serna has a teed up in Marcus Woods is sent to return
back at his own goal line the 79 is underway here in El Paso Texas five yards deep and
woods will not return as we look at today's Applebee starting lineups Missouri's quarterback
chase Daniel through for 3197 yards a single season passing record at Mizzou up front Tyler
Llewellyn Mountain on the left side along with Madison speaker Wyrick and Clinger backs
and receivers two tight ends Rutger and Kauffman both will play and both are dangerous chase
Daniel completing 64 percent of his passes and Missouri will spread it with three wide
receivers far side play action and Daniel throws on the run a little skip incomplete
at the 26 yard line the intended receiver was Tommy Saunders and let's set that Oregon
State defense the front line two seniors on the left side Joe Lemma and Ben Seeger linebackers
led by Derek Doggett owns 4-4 speed he will cover both sidelines in the secondary is all
about the strong safety Savi Piscitelli a first team all packed in selection second
down in 10 from the shotgun Tony Temple first carry breaks a tackle and will the catch pop
early just past the 25 the mark Temple out of bounds at the 26 yard line and Derek Doggett
the junior from San Diego with a terrific sideline to sideline speed with the stop and you know
Craig a lot of people think to spread offense only that can hurt you through the air but
Tony Temple is back there for this reason if if Oregon State starts playing the pass
too much he's gonna pop up in there and pick up seven eight yards a pop just to try and
keep that defense honest a pickup before that brings up third down in six Daniel sets up
in that pocket sets up a screen underneath a little pitch and catch chase Kauffman breaks
a tackle and still on his feet to the 37 yard line Kauffman with his 54th reception of the
season and a pickup of 39 and what you're gonna see a lot of today Craig a lot of man
to man defense out of Oregon State and what happens chase Kauffman starts on the right
side comes all the way across the field they drop coverage nobody picks them up and which
is amazing because this guy has got the the most catches on the Missouri Tigers offense
he's got over 500 yards receiving he is one of the best Titans in the country and he was
Scott free on that that play for a big pickup only a sophomore on first down Kauffman again
inside the 35 to the 32 yard line he comes from a terrific breed his dad Paul was a great
tight end to Kansas State went on to become an all-pro with Green Bay and played for Kansas
City in the NFL he's got good blood and you're gonna see they're gonna use that little bubble
screen is what they call that's the way they use it to receivers tight ends it's almost
like their wide sweep play they'll run it 10-12 times a game get the ball on the outside
let him run and tuck it up try and pick up seven or eight or more yards on the outside
second down in five Daniel again from the shotgun play action rolls to his right sets
up looks for help throws at the end zone out of bounds there was pressure coming from the
back side Van Orsel Van Orsel Jeff Van Orsel from the right end you're gonna see Van Orsel
right here on the bottom of your screen he's gonna come just give good pressure now remember
this Oregon State defense is very very good against the past they've put pressure on quarterbacks
number two in the country against the past they have 44 sacks they let the pack tape
with the most sacks they're gonna find a way they're gonna try and get into chase Daniel's
face and every see right now they're flexing chase Daniels out to the outside at quarterback
is Martin Rucker tight end little trickery Rucker the junior from St. Joseph Missouri
Hilltuck and Ron trying to turn the corner and will be close they mark him out at the
28 yard line and I was wrong that was actually wanted Sarah Jared Perry number eight back
there Craig they can line up anybody they do a lot of different things to try and throw
you off get you get you confused a little bit then try and pop a big one on you right
there Jared Perry the speedster freshman true freshman trying to get him to the outside
and I think Oregon State considered that play a success they got him whole now they got
a fourth and short big play in the ballgame fourth and one fourth downs this year they're
pitching five hundred eight of sixteen for Gary Pinkle and the Tigers double tight set
with Rucker and Kaufman on fourth and short the screen underneath and is caught by Saunders
and a first down for the Tigers at the 25 yard line so Pinkle with an early gamble and
this drive continues and Missouri is known for coming out and starting fast they they
have had the ball first in every one of their games this year and they've scored almost
every time they've had the ball 11 out of the 12 times they've started with the football
they've come away with points Saunders with his 24th catch first down at 10 just inside
the 25 yard line for the third time today Kaufman with the crab inside the 20 they'll
mark him at the 17 yard line Piscitelli the strong safety made the tackle after a pick
up a seven and that was a bubble screen again to chase Kaufman and just how good is this
guy well look at this fourth in the NCAA in terms of tight end receptions ninth in yards
eight touchdowns they find ways to get the ball to that guy and you've seen him twice
there on that bubble screen he's big and when he gets those shoulders square to the line
of scrimmage he's hard to bring down Daniel hands off temple inside the ten yard line
to the seven and only temple junior from Kansas City Missouri and once again Piscitelli who
had 70 stops coming into this game with his second tackle of the day and a good solid
run that you see Monte Weierich number 71 leading around the edge good job popping it up in
there now Mike Riley head coach for Oregon State said I don't care about giving up yards
the key to playing a team like this is not giving up points creating turnovers that's
what they're interested in the yards they're gonna it's hard to stop this team break the
tackle at the ten at the five touchdown Missouri what a great run by Tony temple boy that play
was designed to go right all the way he does a great job though feeling a seam on the back
side cutting back breaks one tackle there and then a little stutter step right there
got him off balance and then scoots into the end zone pretty much untouched a great start
for the Missouri Tigers who again Craig they're a very start fast starting team this is not
unusual for them to be on the scoreboard first Jeff Wolford 40 of 40 and point after attempts
is in good snap good hold and the kick is up and good the streak is at 41 in a row and
Missouri strikes first on Tony temple sixth rushing touchdown of the season Tigers by
seven and temple went right cut back and ran it in for six we'll be back on CBS
then
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Well, that was the perfect drive for the Missouri Tigers to open the game out.
They used a lot of different people, but the big plays came from tight end Chase Coleman
right there coming across, for some reason uncovered, coming across the field.
Nothing special there.
But then Tony Temple with two big runs right here off the left side.
Nothing fancy.
Just a good solidly blocked play.
Now right here, a play where Oregon State should have had him for a lot right at the
end of the play.
You see Brandon Hughes, the cornerback.
He got tangled up with his feet.
Little juke move by Tony Temple, big touchdown for Missouri, a great run by Tony Temple.
And Steve, you mentioned near perfect.
I mean, 10 plays, 80 yards, three and a half minutes off the clock, and the key play was
that 32 yard catch by Kauffman.
Tony Temple capped it with the seven yard touchdown run.
Right.
And the fourth down conversion, fourth and one that was inside screen pass to Tommy Saunders.
That was a big conversion for them as well.
Oregon State, they're not going to get frustrated.
They've played teams like Hawaii and Oregon who run versions of this spread offense.
So they know they're going to have their good times and their bad times during the course
of this football game.
Adam Crosick kicks away from the 35 yard line.
Deep kick, and this one lands eight yards deep and no return.
As we look at Oregon State, the quarterback Matt Moore threw for 2,666 yards and 14 touchdowns
on the season.
That O-line is anchored by the left tackle, Adam Coates.
Adam Spear starts today at the left guard in place of the injured Jeremy Perry in the
backs and receivers.
Strotter makes the catches and Bernard simply makes the runs.
It's a dangerous Oregon State offense, averaging nearly 27 points a ball game.
They will open with a three wide receiver set down by seven.
Up the middle comes Bernard and a gain of five to the 25.
Defensively for Missouri, the sack man is Xavier Jackson on the season with seven sacks.
The linebackers are solid with Christopher Harrington and Bacon, and the two big corners
for Missouri, 6-2 Dominic Johnson and 6-3 Darnell Terrell.
Second down and five.
The quick flip, Moore incomplete, and let's go above the line.
Well, for Oregon State on offense, we talked in the open, it's all about balance.
These guys can hurt you passing the ball, running the ball, they've got threats across
the board.
They thrive on the bounce.
But Missouri, their focus is to maintain discipline and not give up the big plays.
They've got to strangle Sammy Strotter.
He's the outside threat, the guy that can hurt you in a hurry, and they've got to make
sure that he does not get free for a big play at any point in this ball game.
Second down and four, facing Oregon State, Matt Moore under center from the 25-yard line
pressure.
Moore throws, it's caught, and on his feet out of bounds at the 30-yard line is Bernard,
the tailback.
And Marcus Bacon brought the pressure on Matt Moore.
And I think they're signaling first down, he just barely got it, and you see the value
of Evanson Bernard running back right there.
This is the guy that never leaves the field.
In fact, Coach Riley told us he gets mad when they take him out.
He does not get tired.
He can run all day.
He does not want to come out of the football game, and he can pick up blitz protection.
He's great on screen, passes everything out of the backfield.
That's what makes him so valuable.
Had a great chat with him yesterday, and as you mentioned, do not bring him to the sideline.
So Bernard is lined up as the tailback on first down and 10 play action for Moore.
Blitz protection now flushed, and we'll get back to the line of scrimmage at the 30-yard
line.
A host of Tigers clawed him down.
This definitely was a coverage set.
Matt Moore had plenty of time back there, and you're going to see everybody coming up
the field.
It's going to be vertical routes by all the receivers, going to be a good hard play action.
That's what we were told they wanted to do.
You see nobody really short underneath.
Matt Moore didn't feel comfortable putting the ball up the field, and eventually, those
defensive linemen from Missouri are going to get there and make the tackle.
Matt Moore, very good on his feet, too.
He can run the football if things break down, but right there, a good, disciplined play
by the Missouri defense.
In round, Reuben Jackson at the 40 stutter step, lowers his shoulder and takes a hard
hit at the 46.
So Mike Rowdy with a trick up his sleeve, and Reuben Jackson gives the Beavers a first
down after a pick-up of 16.
That's what having a good, solid running threat like Everson Bernard does for you, make the
play action.
You've got quick little Reuben Jackson coming around the edge there, does a good job of
making a move in the backfield.
Then one-on-one, David Overstreet, the second right there.
It's hard to bring down one of these quick receivers in the open field, does a good job
of keeping his feet and getting in on the tackle.
We're heading to the nine-minute mark of the opening quarter.
Oregon State putting together an impressive opening drive as Moore sets up in the pocket,
throws a dart to the inner sideline, and it's complete at the 41.
There is Sammy Strotter, 67th reception of the season, an all-packed 10-second team pick
after a pick-up of 13.
What scares Gary Pinkle and also Matt Emberfield, defense coordinator from Missouri, is this
Oregon State defense, when they drop back the pass, they're not dropping back to pick
up four or five yards.
They're trying to get up the field.
40-plus percent of their passes travel more than 15 yards in the air, and number 19 is
usually the recipient of most of those.
They're trying to make plays up the field.
Over 1,200 yards receiving for Strotter, it's Bernard, who is chased out of bounds at around
the 30-yard line.
A nice gain on first, and it looks to be a pick-up of eight.
Overstreet, David Overstreet, the second, and on the stop.
They'll give nine yards to Bernard.
What we're seeing here right now, Craig, is exactly what we thought we'd see.
Two very, very, very good offenses.
You see the rushing yards per game for the Oregon State Beaver.
When they're running the ball well, they got a good chance at winning.
You see in their four losses, average only 65 yards, but their balance is what makes
them so difficult.
Missouri, they can play the run or the pass.
You can't play them both on every down, and Oregon State's good enough to make you pay
either way.
Two wide receivers set to the top of your screen.
They're going to go right up the gut in a first down, as the ball goes to Bernard at
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That play right there, Craig, didn't look like much, but that was about a six-yard run
right up the gut, right behind Kyle Devan, the center, and Roy Schooning, the right guard,
Andy LeVitri, the right tackle, straight ahead, nothing fancy, and Evanson Bernard, when he
gets those shoulders going forward, he is hard to bring down.
Three carries for 20 yards, Evanson Bernard averages 100 yards a ball game.
One of the co-captains for the Oregon State Beavers, Bernard, the long tailback, batted
down at the line of scrimmage on first down, that will bring up second and 10.
That was close, that was William Moore, number 21, coming across the top of your screen right
there, close to being almost a lateral type of pass, but it was definitely traveling down
the line, not backwards.
The referee, they made that call pretty quickly, hard to make the call in my book, but good
play right there by William Moore, getting his hand on the ball and preventing the Oregon
State version of the bubble screen going to the left side.
So important to have a balance attack, you saw what Oregon State has done so far, five
rushes, three passes on this opening drive, second down and 10 at the 28-yard line of
Missouri.
Again, Matt Moore sets up in the pocket, little pitch and catch, it's caught, and Strotter
with his second grab on this drive, another first down for the Beavers at the 14-yard
line.
Well, I guarantee you, Darnell Terrell is not going to be one-on-one, wanting to be
one-on-one all day long against Sammy Strotter, that's a hard job for anybody to handle right
there and good job making the off-the-field tackle, but when Matt Moore sees Sammy Strotter
cover one-on-one, I guarantee you that ball is going over there every single time.
A gain of 13, two grabs now for Strotter, 27 yards, eight minutes to play in the opening
quarter, Bernard tries to dance between the Tiger tackles, and maybe a yard to the 13th,
Xavi Jackson, the three-year letterman, and the California with the tackle.
You know, Craig, this is Missouri defense, they start out the season 6-0 on this team,
but the first six games they gave up an average of 72 yards a game, a little over 72.
The last six games, look at that, 202 yards in the last six games they lost for those
last six.
Pretty hard to win a game when you're giving up over 200 yards per game.
Matt Moore sets and incomplete for the second time that Missouri's gotten the big paw up,
this time the defensive tackle, Ziggy Hood.
Yeah, good job by Ziggy Hood, right in the middle of your screen, you're going to see
coming up right over the center, Kyle Devan, it was a screen pass, a middle screen pass,
and middle screen being set up for tight end Joe Newton.
But Ziggy, he figured out, he saw it coming, made a good job of reacting, getting his hands
up, getting those big paws on the ball, and Matt Moore wisely just tries to knock that
ball down to let anybody else try and get a hand on that and pop that ball up in the
air for an interception.
Third down and nine.
At the 13-yard line, pedaling back, Moore sets up, scrambles, feels pressure, picked
up a block, looks to the end zone, slingshots it, touchdown, Strider, oh, how about the
protection the front line gave Matt Moore?
Not only was it great protection, it was a great individual effort by Matt Moore to not
get flustered back there.
I told you earlier, this guy's very comfortable moving around in the pocket, he can run, he
can move around, buy some time, and right there, it just shows how difficult it is to
cover a modal quarterback.
I wish I hadn't seen that happen.
But that makes it very difficult for receivers to cover, or to be covered all over the field.
So the second point is up and good by Cerna.
13-yard touchdown reception, his fifth touchdown catch of the season.
He has 4-4, 40 speed as he breaks off that line, and Steve, Matt Moore was able to, as
you mentioned, scrambled, and then finally, Strider got him and helped him out, and there
is the touchdown.
Seven-seven our score.
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El Paso Texas Oregon State 7
Missouri 7.
Let's go downstairs and check in
with Sam Ryan and Craig
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Missouri goes back on offense
tied at seven with Oregon State
and chase Daniel has that Tiger
offense spread out goes back up
top and complete at the forty
seven Martin Rucker with a near
circus catch on the far sideline
and that shows you right that's
a six foot six two hundred fifty
pound tied in right there.
Martin Rucker this is a guy that
can get up the field inside
outside and chase Daniel he sees
the matchup he wants to see he's
going to give these guys a chance
to go make a catch for wide
receivers shotgun handoff temple
cuts back to the 25 and let's go
back above the line on Missouri
on offense.
It's all about in chase.
We trust this guy averages over
300 yards a game total offense
he can make plays.
You'll see it all day long.
But for Oregon State they've got
to shut down the running game
whenever they try to run and
then attack what they do best is
come blitzing from every angle
pressure up the field they want
to get chase Daniel thinking
about where that pressure is
coming from on every play from
the shotgun movement up front no
flags and Daniel drops the
football covers up at around the
eleven yard line.
You know Craig I saw that in
practice this week four or five
times in the same practice I saw
the ball on the ground on the
shotgun snaps now they're in the
shotgun every single step that
was the bad snap to left chase
Daniel did a good job getting
his left arm out there to knock
it down and right there Adam
Speaker he's there their leader
on the offensive line.
He should be able to have that
down pretty solid Adam Cross it
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a high hanger at the forty nine
strotter watch out stacked up
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line in Oregon State is going to
have terrific field position
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What will happen today.
What a quick start.
Oregon State and Missouri tied
at seven and I'll tell Oregon
State right now great field
position starting at the 40
yard line.
The bad stamp by Adam Speaker
Chase Daniel knocked it down but
forced Missouri to put on their
own end zone.
Oregon State also as we mentioned
a very fast starting football
team they've outscored their
opponents this year 115 to 48
in the first quarter and it's
hard when you get down in the
first quarter it's hard to come
back especially against a team
like Oregon State because they
like to they like to come after
you when they get that they
like to come up the field and
put as much doubt and
uncertainty and questioning
that quarterback line as they
possibly can.
Strotters punt return at the 40
yard line gives the Beavers
terrific field position on
their second offensive series
here in the opening quarter
clock running under 5 20 to play
handoff Bernard ran out on one
tackle but the Tigers wrap him
up at the thirty nine.
See Ziggy Hood right there
clapping excited.
He knows it's on it's on the big
boys up front to shut down that
running game because they don't
want to give Matt Moore the
looks where he's seeing Sammy
Strotter one on one on the
outside all day long.
They've got to be able to shut
down the run without bringing
the safety up inside to make
the tackle Bernard the long
tailback up the middle he'll
kick it outside makes the nifty
move to the 30 and to the 29
yard line Bernard with the first
down and how about Oregon
State's big wins this season.
The Beavers upset the then third
ranked Trojans 33 31 thanks to
Jeff Van Orso who battled down
John David Booty's two point
conversion in the game's waning
seconds.
And then it was Oregon State
prevailing at Civil War 30 to
28.
Ben Seeger blocked the field
goal with just 20 ticks left on
the clock.
What a year it's been first and
10 for the Beavers at the Tiger
29 yard line that more five step
drop nearly had the ball
stripped out of his hands.
He'll toss it out caught by
Jackson spins past the 15 yard
line.
And right now just taking big
chunks out of Missouri's
defense.
You know what's impressive about
this is that it looks so easy
right now for Matt Moore.
You've got to understand this is
a quarterback again that was
under all kinds of scrutiny
after last year in the first
part of this year.
But he looks so cool and so calm
out there knew exactly where
Reuben Jackson was.
He takes a hit that the cheap
shot should have been a call by
the referees by Xavier Jackson
right there that that definitely
if he's going to play like that
he's going to cost his football
team quite a bit.
You can't take a shot at
anybody much less the
quarterback during the course of
the play like that pick up a
15 they go back to the ground
and Bernard shuffles his seat
maybe three to the 12 and the
clock now running up on three
minutes left in this opening
quarter.
That surprised me about Xavi
Jackson there.
He's such a nice mellow humble
guy we talked to the other day
and there's a total offense you
look at Oregon State a few more
plays both teams average and
pretty good yards per play one
touchdown a piece but the field
position right now always so
key in a big game.
Oregon State trying to take
advantage of the right now
second down an eight at the 12
yard line in Missouri under
center is Matt Moore and again
will stretch it out Bernard and
Missouri starting to kind of
pick it up a little bit
defensively up front on the yard
down to the 11 yard line.
Good job by the middle of the
Missouri defense right here
Oregon State just trying to
power it up trying to give
Evanson Bernard a cutback lane
not their good discipline
everybody was in the right gaps
and again that's tackled Xavi
Jackson and you look at the
scoring defense from a year ago
they go from 80 first rank to
twenty seven in a year's time
and now a timeout is called and
I saw one of the coaches from
Oregon State run onto the field
at the 20 and call for the time
that was the coach Mike Coach
he's moving pretty good Mike
Riley seven seven Oregon State
and Missouri in 2006.
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Oregon State 25th ranked in the
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And how about this.
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third down and seven at the 11
yard line for Oregon State tied
with Missouri seven seven more
goes to the flat and it's caught
inside the five at the four by
Sammy Strotter.
He's everywhere.
What a great job by Sammy
Strotter right there.
He knew exactly where that first
down marker was.
You'll see Matt Moore.
He gets back.
He wants to throw it right there.
Nope, not there.
He's patient Sammy Strotter.
You see him flash the hole knew
exactly where that first down
marker was.
Now he comes up about a half a
yard short because he fell
forward.
Didn't quite get enough,
but he knew he was right near
that marker would have been nice.
Mike Riley says if he could have
got an extra yard,
I thought he had enough but just
short and they got a tough
decision to make.
Well, Alex Serna, 21 of 28 field
goals and Oregon State's going
to take a timeout again to talk
this one over.
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for Serna.
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with Matt Moore.
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on Missouri.
So the timeout call by Mike
Riley to talk about the fourth
is short.
I mean, it's a sure three.
Do you go and put the three on
the board or you're risking it
early?
You know, it's one of those,
you're hoping you're right
whichever way you can make a
case, a strong case for it
either way.
I like the aggressive attitude.
I think his players will respond.
They like that.
The coastal confidence in him.
They put in a fullback,
Micah Strickland, who will block
for Bernard.
So fourth and short.
And scooting up the middle post
of the goal line is Bernard.
They'll mark him about a foot
shy first and goal.
There's a fumble.
They fight for the ball.
The question is whether or not
he was down before he fumbled
the football.
You'll see great push.
You got to feel like with with
a really good running on the
ball and he would find that
elbow and hit the ground.
The ball popped out with your
good, solid running game
against the defense that has not
been very stout against the run
the last six weeks of the
season.
I think Mike Riley did the right
thing.
Go straight at him.
Let your big boys try and create
a hole.
Let your work force.
Evans and Bernard stick it up in
there and pick up the easy first
down.
We're looking at that angle
coming straight at you.
That ball was coming out, but
the elbow was down and Oregon
State first and goal inside the
one quarterback keeper pushing
Matt Moore touchdown.
Oregon State was able to push
Matt Moore and you know what?
Matt Moore just followed.
It wasn't very pretty, but it
was effective.
It worked.
Matt Moore was driving those
legs, trying to get that ball
in the end zone and Kyle Devan
gave him just enough room to
scoot on in there.
That's a point to come by Serna
by Alex Serna and a moment ago
Everson Bernard coming right at
you.
Ball comes out.
They're going to call it down
inside the one yard line and
then Matt Moore behind his big
center Kyle Devan puts Oregon
State on top 14 to 7.
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Oregon State 14 Missouri 7 37
ticks left in that opening
quarter and see we got to go
back and look from one angle.
As you look straight down the
sideline, it looked like he was
down.
We're talking about Bernard.
But now you look at it coming
right at you.
This was a play a little bit
earlier.
The first the first touchdown
that Matt Moore threw.
But that we look back at that.
We had a really good angle from
the end zone showing the play
before the quarterback sneak for
a touchdown.
And that ball was definitely
coming loose before Evanson
Bernard's elbow hit the ground,
which is what we thought
initially.
You're going to see right here
at the end of the play before
his elbow hits the ground right
there.
Running back just a little bit.
You see that ball definitely
came out.
It was definitely on the ground
I think.
And it should have been ruled a
fumble because it was a great
defensive play.
I mean it was a play that should
have gone probably to Missouri
in my opinion.
They place 40 yards and more
credited with a one yard
touchdown run so Oregon State
gets the first big break of the
game and the kick is away.
Line drive Marcus Woods and
puts it on a knee five yards
deep no return.
Both kickers have really hit the
ball well in this opening
quarter.
Yeah we've got some altitude
here you know in El Paso.
I know I don't know exactly how
many feet up we are but the
altitude is definitely a factor
here in El Paso.
The ball is really flying well
off those kicking teams.
Thirty one seconds left in the
opening quarter and Oregon State
owns the seven point lead and
Missouri goes back to work.
Tony Temple breaks the tackle
with a 35 spins his way down to
the 38 yard line.
Boy quick as a whip and Koy
Francis the left corner makes
the tackle after the pick up of
19 15 six left in the quarter.
How about how about that run.
Boy quick as can be as Tony
Temple.
He got that he saw that scene
and tucked it up in there.
I don't think we're gonna get
another playoff before the end
of the quarter but a good start
to the drive for the Missouri
Tiger offense so that is the
first quarter.
Oregon State 14 Missouri seven
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in full force here in El Paso
chase Daniel and the shotgun
first and 10 from the 39 yard
line quarter number two underway
a pump to the near side and
pressured him down then or so
Jeff and or so the right end.
You're going to see him coming
off right off the right the top
of your screen there just a good
solid inside move faked up the
field did a great job coming
back underneath.
That was Joel Klinger the right
tackle the left.
Actually the left tackle it got
burned on that when he was
playing the speed up the field
and then or so did a super job
coming back underneath the
finishing off the play forty
fifth sack recorded by Oregon
State's defense this season and
the third by Van Orsel incomplete
will be the call Tommy Saunders
could not grab the handle and
you see on that play right there
Craig what Oregon State likes to
do they like to play aggressive
man to man coverage on the
outside bring pressure with their
linebackers and safeties.
That was not a good man to man
decision by Chase Daniel right
there he threw it to a man who
just ran up two or three steps
turned around that's an easy guy
to cover.
There was not a good place to
put that football third down.
Daniel throws it up and over the
middle and complete and the
intended receiver was the
freshman Jared Perry and now a
flag comes out at midfield.
They're going to get boy
Francis for a little bit of
contact up the field.
I thought it could have been
thrown.
I wasn't sure but he was on the
back pretty good at Jared Perry
first flag of the day.
It's been a very clean game.
Yeah definitely a good call
though on this one here.
Fast interference.
Number four on the defense
penalty of the fight now you're
going to see boy Francis he's
coming in over the top you see
that right arm right there on
the right arm of Jared Perry
kind of kind of hooked that
right arm so he couldn't go up
with that hand and pull the
ball in Gary Pinkle.
Yeah that's right.
They got the one on one matchup
they wanted.
Chase Daniel went to the right
guy and they opened.
We got Jared Perry quarterback
again right here heads near
sidelines stacked up and driven
back at the forty seven.
Maybe two dispense on this
depends on the spot.
You know what teams are doing a
lot of if anybody has seen
Arkansas play this year with
Darren McFadden the very very
talented running back sophomore
running back.
They've lined him up at
quarterback and now you're
seeing teams trying to get the
ball in their playmaker's hand
line up in the shotgun.
You're seeing it in college and
the NFL.
Carolina Panthers doing it with
D'Angelo Williams running back
but they're trying to get
creative with how they can get
the ball to their playmakers
again from the shotgun.
Boy Oregon State staying at home
and absolutely nowhere for
Temple to go.
Alan Darlin the middle line
backer and Jeff Van Orsel again
on the right side of the street
coming straight up.
He's sitting right there almost
like he knew the play was
coming.
It was Alan Don.
I'm sorry Craig.
Right there and right in front
of me super job slipping the
block and Tony Temple tried to
get a straight arm in there and
get him off of him.
But that's a much bigger man.
Alan Darlin finishing off the
play real real solid defense
this drive by the Oregon State
Beavers a loss of seven that
brings up third down in 16 as
Daniel stands up throws the
deep ball single coverage down
field.
From Arlington Texas goes forty
two yards and the Tigers move
the chain.
What a great time for the play.
Chase Daniel did a great job
buying time moving in the pocket
a little bit and I'm covered
down the field right there.
Not a not a very good job at all
by Gerard Lawson number five.
The safety right there.
He got caught up watching Chase
Daniel and ran right past him.
Oregon State Gerard Lawson.
Lucky that wasn't a touchdown.
First and ten at the 18 yard
line of Oregon State Tigers down
by seven and on the move after
that big pass play to correct
with Daniel Scott.
Drop no game.
I'll bring up second down.
I can't get over what Gerard
Lawson was doing on that play.
He was almost like he was
standing in quicksand let Brad
Ekwar Ekwar run right past him
before he realized what was
going on.
There wasn't any play action
or anything.
Chase Daniel rolling.
Lawson should have been given
ground and trying to respect the
speed up the field of Ekwar
Ekwar.
Four wide receivers set to near
side to the top of your screen
on second down at 10.
Martin Rucker the tight end.
Pushes his way down near the 10
yard line.
Knocked down by the middle
linebacker Bryant Cornell and a
pick up a seven.
And one thing I think we need to
get into Craig.
How is it to this young
quarterback.
Chase Daniel is so comfortable
in this offense.
Well he's been running it for a
while.
He grew up in this offense all
the way back to middle school
running the exact same offense
through high school at South
Lake Carroll High School in
Texas.
So when he came to Missouri he
was way ahead of the curve.
He already knew most of the
offense.
Well as Gary Pinkle said the
head coach of Missouri his
accuracy is unmatched.
In college football today on
third down and three they will
show blitz.
Here they come.
Daniel steps up in the pocket.
And that's exactly what Missouri
tries to do.
They can flex these big tight
ends on the outside six foot six
going up and trying to get that
football almost pulls it in a
super job.
Defending the play by Keenan
Lewis the most athletic D.B.
The Oregon State defense has but
Kauffman almost came down with
that football.
You're going to see a lot of
that.
They like to give those big boys
a chance to go up and make a
play.
Fill goal attempt for Jeff
Wolford.
This will be from 30 yards on
the season 17 of 19.
Good snap.
The hold is down.
The kick is away.
And from 30 yards Missouri puts
three on the board.
Oregon State with the lead of 14
to 10 in El Paso.
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High atop the Sun Bowl.
Oregon State leading 14 to 10.
Wolford 30 yard field goal.
And Missouri she goes 10 plays
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Oregon State leads Missouri
14 10 in the second quarter.
Hard to believe.
But Oregon State quarterback
Matt Moore actually took a year
off from college football after
starting four games for UCLA in
2003 2004.
He wanted to focus on baseball
was drafted by the Angels in the
twenty second round of the
2004 draft as a third baseman
and outfielder.
But it was actually his dad
Don who talked him out of
playing minor league baseball.
Don Moore spent six years in
the St. Louis Cardinals
organization.
He said you don't want to take
those long bus rides in minor
league baseball.
Craig will send it back to you.
Sam.
Thanks.
I think his dad also told Matt
listen pal we don't need to have
knees and elbow surgeries.
But you know what.
Football is a rugged game.
You know that my friend.
Yeah.
He told me that I kind of said
when I had 18 surgeries in my
17 years in NFL there's more of
a chance of having surgery
playing football than baseball.
But I think it was the long bus
rides that Matt didn't want to
deal with.
And that was probably a good
decision.
He's playing really well in this
game right now.
Oregon State up by four and the
football.
And that more on the keeper
rolls out fires and complete
strotter with another catch
inside the 40 at the 36 yard
line a pick up a 17.
And there you see the
creativity and the mobility that
Matt Moore has the creativity in
the play called a little little
rollout play right there where
you can just give the defense
something else to think about
get those defensive ends worried
about keeping Matt Moore in the
in the pocket.
He's got the ability to get on
the outside throw the ball very
well on the move.
Sammy Strotter had a lot of
space out there to find an open
hole and give him a big target
five catches for Strotter sixty
two yards and that touchdown in
the opening quarter play action
and a dart to the sideline
incomplete and against Strotter
was the intended receiver.
We're seeing a very concerted
effort by Matt Moore to get the
ball to Sammy Strotter.
He had good one on one coverage
on the outside.
I think that particular play
right there he had a good shot
at Joe Newton the six foot seven
tight end over the middle as
well one on one but not a bad
decision by Matt Moore at all
right there.
He likes Sammy Strotter one on
one on the outside just wasn't
a very accurate throw by Matt
for the first time today.
That more today seven of eleven
passing for eighty one yards and
five of seven to Strotter.
They'll go back to the ground
Bernard stacked up and maybe
lost the yard.
How about the Tigers swarming on
defense.
Xavier Jackson number forty eight
always around the football.
He is he's an he's an energy
guy and he told us he does have
seven sacks on the season but he
says he doesn't look at himself
as a pass rusher.
He said I think I pretty much
got lucky seven times this year
with the pass rush but he said
if they try to run the ball to
me my mentality is they're
making no positive yards on the
ground to my side.
And what a motor.
Remember in our talk his high
school coach told him he'd never
make it never.
And that is the motivator for
Xavier Jackson told him he'd
never make it in life much less
in football.
Out of the pocket comes Matt
Moore throws and dropped at
midfield Ruben Jackson and that
people see it again.
Looks like maybe turned him
around a little bit and was
unable to plant his feet for the
catch.
I definitely was a little bit
behind him but Ruben Jackson can
make this should be able to make
this catch with his eyes closed.
Maybe maybe his eyes were closed
on this play.
I don't know but definitely a
ball that should have been caught
sure a little bit behind him but
that ball hit him right between
the circles of the eights right
there.
He's got to make that catch
would have been easily a first
down.
Kyle Loomis is set to get to the
first time today.
Saunders with the fair catch at
the twenty two for Missouri.
Forty yard kick no return with
nine twenty five left here in the
first half of the group symbol
and his little plays like that.
You know Ruben Jackson he's made
a lot of big catches with his
team but you know in a close
ballgame which this is right now
14 to 10.
You got a chance to make a big
play convert a first down keep
the ball in your office and
you're playing against an
explosive offense like this
Missouri Tigers offense.
You hate to give them more
chances by making simple
mistakes and mistakes that you
can routinely make make a
positive play on that catch.
You got a first down instead
Missouri's got the ball back
now free wide receivers set to
the near side on first and 10
Chase Daniel and that little
handoff to Tony Temple.
Well he turns that corner and
then just hits another gear.
My goodness.
Out of bounds of the twenty six
and a pick up a four.
I think what Missouri is seeing
is Oregon State's going to a
very unique defensive alignment
on first and second down there.
They're having three down line
and one of their defensive ends
lined way up outside and then
Alan Darlin the middle
linebackers coming up almost in
a defensive tackle position
standing up.
You can see him standing up
right there on the inside
pitching catch.
Watch out.
There's the throw.
Sanders lets it fly.
There's a battle incomplete
right there on the inside.
That's correct.
We try to give himself a little
room to make that catch.
But Tommy Saunders he bought it
after he threw that ball.
I'm telling you he took one in
the mouth.
You know what it's like to be a
quarterback now taking one right
in the chops.
That was what he got to throw
off.
They ran this plan practice.
But man that was Dorian Smith
number 93 coming right there and
also right in front right in the
top of his head.
You know you're looking at him
as well.
That is not a good feeling when
you're throwing that football
totally exposed like that.
Well not the way to ring in the
new year.
You know you get your bell
wrong.
Third down and six for Missouri
as Chase Daniel again
exclusively going shotgun sets
up with a 20 yard line.
He's caught at the thirty five
spectacular play both in design
and execution by the Missouri
Tigers.
They set that play up with some
of those short little bubble
holes in the inside screens.
Chase Daniel made a pump fake on
the short guy coming in with the
inside screen and then that left
Dorian Alexander wide open up
the field seventy four yards and
now Wolford and to try the extra
point through the uprights and
he's got it.
Steve time now to check the
playbook presented by the
Hartford.
Well you're going to see the
Nario Alexander he's lined up in
the slot right here.
This is him.
What's going to happen.
They're going to have a little
fake screen pass right here.
Chase Daniel is going to make a
pump fake to him right there.
Quick pump like everybody flies
up for the Oregon State defense
that leaves the Nario Alexander
wide open up the field the
safeties for Oregon State
overreacted.
They thought for sure was the
middle screen coming and Chase
Daniel he knows that play worked
to perfection.
He's excited about it.
The Missouri Tigers are back in
the lead in this ballgame.
Twenty seven touchdowns thrown
by Daniels and how about
Alexander the freshman from
Marlin Texas his first Division
1 touchdown.
Well a good time for it right
there and I think that might
have been part of the deal.
I think Oregon State probably
wasn't too sure who the Nario
Alexander was or maybe they
didn't respect him very much and
great design in the play again
the pump fake on the screen.
Got everybody flying up easy
throw and catch for a touchdown
big play from Missouri Steve
they know they know who
Alexander is now.
Yeah they know that now that is
very clear in their minds.
What a big target to six foot
four two hundred five pounder in
high school a year ago at Marlin
High School in Marlin Texas.
Forty nine grabs nine touchdowns
and he's a terrific high jumper
and a triple jumper over forty
five feet.
Yeah there was nobody.
He's got some speed too.
He got those long strides going
nobody was going to run him
down.
He knew what to do with that
football when he got on the
sideline there maybe a return
first one of the day at the two
yard line.
They make the reverse around
Lawson past the twenty five and
there's a pile up at the twenty
seven yard line on New Year's
Day.
Two high octane teams collide
when Steve Slayton leads the
West Virginia Mountaineers
against Calvin Johnson and the
Ramblin wreck at Georgia Tech
and the Toyota Gator Bowl
number twelve against number
twenty five how about this
shootout in the first half.
Seventeen fourteen Missouri
Oregon State first and ten at
the twenty seven yard line
and maybe a yard for Bernard
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Forty five degrees of game time
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I'll tell you I'll take this
every time.
It's a beautiful clear day
little cloud cover in the sky
but super day to play some
football second down and nine
Matt Moore pedals back sets
fires throws up over the middle
and is caught at the forty yard
line by the tight end Joe
Newton Newton an interesting
story.
People he's a big target to at
six seven but did not play last
year had an injury to his left
leg in practices in August and
had to ride the bench the rest
of the way.
He is also one of the top tight
ends in the country.
He was a semifinalist for the
Mackie Award much like Chase
Kauffman the tight end for the
Missouri Tigers.
But he's a big six foot seven
two hundred fifty six pound guy
Matt Moore he's got to got a
security blanket and Joe Newton
that was his one hundredth
career catch for Oregon State
eleven yard pick up first and
ten fevers at the 40 yard line
and boy Bernard Denson now has
been figured out.
Brock Christopher the stronger
Sam linebacker dropped him for
a four day four yard loss.
We know Evanson Bernard is a
great cutback run.
You see number twenty one right
there coming off the edge.
William Moore he's the safety
blitzing on the back side of
that play.
He's there to prevent the cut
back of the super job right
there of stacking up.
Evanson Bernard you're going to
see he wants his read takes him
to the back side.
But William Moore and company
are sitting right there waiting
for him.
That was also Brock Christopher
number thirty four linebacker
ready to make a play second down
in 13 five step now seven step
drop is more pedals.
They run to the sideline and
hurdles out of bounds at the 38
yard line.
Darnell Terrell how about that
jump on the far side.
Great great tackle.
There was no indecision on
Terrell's part there at all.
Matt Moore is a good athlete
running with the football
trying to trying to hurdle.
I don't think that's his
strength.
Good job in the open field
tap keeping Oregon State now in
a third and twelve situation
with the Missouri Tigers have
to look out for now though is
Matt Moore is comfortable buying
time trying to freeze the
receivers up the field by moving
around that pocket if it isn't
their claim for third down in
twelve with six twenty nine left
to play in the opening half more
pedals back again pressure
call sidesteps trouble sets up
and throws inside the 50 yard
line and it's Brandon Powers the
slot receiver with the grab of
13 yards.
That's what a mobile quarterback
does for you.
He was pressure he was athletic
enough to get on the outside by
some time for Brandon Powers to
get across the field.
I think Missouri felt like they
had the right pressure call.
They thought they had the right
shot at getting Matt Moore but
he was athletic enough to get
it.
We now go to Katie Couric for a
CBS News special report.
Craig thank you so much.
The official state funeral for
America's 38th president is
about to begin six days of
ceremonies honoring Gerald R.
Ford.
The Ford family will be
gathering at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church in
Palm Desert California for the
first ceremony a private family
prayer service.
This by the way is the first
time former first lady Betty
Ford is appearing in public
since her husband died the day
after Christmas.
Following the prayer service
the president's body will lie
and repose inside the church
until tomorrow morning so the
public may pay last respects.
Then his body will be flown to
Washington D.C. where it will
lie in state in the Capitol
Rotunda until the service at the
National Cathedral on Tuesday.
President and Mrs. Ford have
been members of St. Margaret's
Church since the mid 1970s and
they've lived in Palm Desert
since leaving the White House in
1977.
CBS News correspondent Bill
Whitaker is at the church.
Bill?
Katie this is about to begin in
just a few short minutes here
but we were told by the Ford
family's pastor Mr. Robert
Susan.
Mr. excuse me I was just being
patted here by someone here by
Mr. Robert certain that excuse
me.
Excuse me.
I'm sorry Katie we're being told
that we have to get off camera
now.
The ceremony is about to begin
so I'll step aside and let you
watch.
No problem Bill we understand.
As we sit and watch and wait for
the family to walk into the
church presidential historian
Douglas Brinkley is here with me
in our studio in New York by the
way Doug is a CBS News
consultant who's writing a book
about Gerald Ford right now and
he'll be sharing his insights
about the former president today
and in the days ahead.
Doug President Ford has been
remembered in the last few days
primarily for his decency and
kindness as a person even more
than what he did as a president
although the pardon of Richard
Nixon is also front and center
in many of these obituaries.
How do you think he changed the
nation his presidency itself?
Well the word that everybody
keeps using is healing and his
memoir was called A Time to Heal
but think how Ford had a big
role in all the big moments in
baby boomer history.
John F. Kennedy's assassination
it was Gerald Ford that was part
of the Warren Commission report
the last surviving member of the
Warren Commission.
You deal with Watergate which is
such a defining moment and he
had the key role in taking over
for Nixon and then pardoning
Nixon and all that that meant
and then finally the evacuation
of Vietnam I mean he's the one
who got us out of the quagmire
and brought over all these
Vietnamese.
He's the one when you look at
the documents Katie that said
these Vietnamese should be
brought into the United States
so he had a key role in all
those key moments.
It's hard to remember for many
people how controversial that
pardon of Richard Nixon was.
There's still many some people
who feel it wasn't the right
thing to do but by and large
history is remembering him well
for this act.
Well a couple big moment happened
when the John F. Kennedy
Foundation up in Boston gave
Gerald Ford the Profiles in
Courage Award which usually goes
to Liberal Democrats and here
was Ted Kennedy who had hammered
on Ford for the mistake of the
pardon.
Senator Kennedy invited him
there to Boston and said you did
the right thing.
I was wrong.
You were right.
That meant a lot.
Suddenly liberals and Democrats
start saying you know what the
pardon probably was the best
thing for the country.
There's still some in Calcetran
people that don't think Ford
should have done it but history
is starting to work in Jerry
Ford's favor that he did pardon
Nixon.
And I know that he used to
carry around a piece of paper a
Supreme Court decision about
what a pardon was that it really
was an admission of guilt in
many ways and that gave him a
lot of solace in the years after
he did in fact pardon Richard
Nixon.
In fact when Bob Woodward had
interviewed him not too long
ago Woodward said that what he
did was pull out of his wallet
President Ford a faded clipping
of a 1915 decision saying see I
wasn't saying he wasn't guilty.
I pardoned him but by the book
of the law that doesn't mean
that I'm saying that he was
innocent.
As we wait for the family to
arrive I know that you have
spent a lot of time with former
President Ford in recent years.
He was in incredible shape
wasn't he?
Tip top.
I interviewed him in 2003 out
at Rancho Mirage and beyond
being so relaxed and
comfortable in his own skin you
couldn't help but notice how
healthy he looked.
At tan he was swimming two times
a day.
The valley out there in
California with the services
taking place is very restorative
to your spirit and he told me
the one indulgence that he had
while he tried to stay perfectly
fit was his relentless love of
butter pecan ice cream and he
would get a quart of it and eat
it and then feel guilty and try
to work off those pounds the
next day.
He was a delightful man to talk
to.
You usually don't say that about
politicians but he truly was.
He had any inner time with him
or interface with him you had to
like him.
And I know that Betty Ford
really was a wonderful spouse
for him for many, many years.
She's now 88 years old and was
certainly praised for everything
she did and her candor about
having breast cancer and her
addiction to alcohol and
prescription drugs which resulted
in the opening of the Betty
Ford Center which has helped
countless people deal with their
own problems of addiction.
Absolutely.
I mean they got married in 1948.
A few weeks later it was I think
October 1548.
A few years later he became a
congressman.
She was his wife for his whole
long political career and they're
in retirement in Rancho Mirage,
California.
He confronted as a husband her
drug addiction and actually went
with Betty Ford to Long Beach,
California to sit in on how she
could get healed and together
they really did the Betty Ford
Clinic and he took on a lot of
the fundraising
responsibilities, particularly
East Coast while she fundraised
in the West and made that this
first class institution that it
is today.
And Mrs. Ford will be obviously
in attendance along with their
four children, Michael Gerald
Ford who was an ordained
minister who actually gave the
president his last rights and
was at his bedside obviously and
Jack Ford as well as Stephen
Ford and Susan Ford Bales.
Let's watch and listen for a
moment, Doug.
We're waiting for the Hearst to
approach the front of the church.
Over.
There you see Betty Ford,
Ford's wife of 58 years.
I see Susan Ford to her left.
And I believe that is Jack
Ford next to Susan.
Steve Ford is immediately behind
his mother.
Over.
Here.
Okay.
With faith in Jesus Christ, we received the body of our brother Gerald for
burial.
Let us pray with confidence to God, the giver of life, that he will raise him to
perfection in the company of the saints, deliver your servant, Gerald, O sovereign
Lord Christ from all evil, set him free from every bond that he may rest with
all your saints in the eternal habitations where with the father and
the Holy Spirit, you live and reign one God forever and ever. Amen.
Let us also pray for all who mourn that they may cast their care on God and know
the consolation of his love.
Almighty God, look with pity upon the sorrows of your servants for whom we
pray. Remember them, Lord, in mercy, nourish them with patience, comfort them
with a sense of your goodness, lift up your countenance upon them and give them
peace through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
That was Reverend Robert certain of ST Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm
Desert, California, where the Fords have been worshipping for 39 years. As we
mentioned earlier, after this private family prayer service, the president's
body will lie in repose inside the church until tomorrow morning. Here's a
look at what's coming up as the state funeral for President Ford continues
tomorrow. The casket bearing our 38th president will be flown from
California to Washington, D. C. There will be a state funeral at the U. S.
Capitol tomorrow evening. Beginning tomorrow evening, the body will lie in
state in the Capitol Rotunda for public viewing. Then on Tuesday, a national day
of mourning, there will be a funeral service at the National Cathedral. The
body then will be flown to Michigan for burial Wednesday on the grounds of the
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum. Now we turn to another big
story developing today, the impending execution of Saddam Hussein. David
Martin of the Pentagon has an update on that story. David, we've been hearing
rumblings all afternoon that this execution is imminent. What are you
hearing? Katie, the latest is that Saddam remains in an American jail cell still
awaiting execution. The Iraqis have legal custody of him since he was tried and
convicted in an Iraqi court, but the U. S. military still has physical custody of
him. That could change at any moment, and once it does, his execution could follow
in very short order. In fact, he could go straight from his jail cell to the
gallows. The Iraqi government wants to execute him as soon as it possibly can,
but the timing has been complicated by the fact that a Muslim holy period is
about to begin, and Muslim law or Iraqi law, excuse me, apparently holds that you
cannot execute a Muslim on a holy day. But the issue really is now one of
timing. Will Saddam's life last a few more hours or a few more days? And David,
are U. S. forces in Iraq in a state of alert? Have they been doing anything
differently in preparation for this execution? Well, they have. They
anticipate that there will be some kind of violence. Saddam is a Sunni, so some
of the Sunni insurgents might lash out either against the coalition, the
American troops, or against Shiites who are the the faction that is now in power
in Iraq. But frankly, Katie, the level of violence in Iraq is so high that it may
be hard to notice a spike. All right. Well, David, I know you're gonna be
watching this story very carefully throughout the day, and of course we will
have more on the Saddam Hussein situation and the funeral services for
Gerald Ford tonight on the CBS Evening News. I'm Katie Couric. For now, back to
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Welcome back at Halftime to Brute Sun Bowl 17-14, Missouri leading 25th rank, Oregon State. Now what you missed while we were away, he plays late in the second quarter.
And we start with the fumble by the quarterback of Oregon State, Matt Moore. It was a very clean first quarter, but things got a little sloppy after he went away. That ball was recovered by Missouri, but the Tigers gave it right back.
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One of the most dramatic stories of this college football season was the rise of Rutgers, and no one enjoyed the team's success more than their senior fullback, Brian Leonard, who has experienced both the highs and the lows of being a Scarlet Knight.
In addition to his accomplishments on the field, Leonard was the recipient of this year's Dratty Award, better known as the Academic Heisman and our Red Lobster Scholar Athlete of the Year.
It's been a memorable season for the captain of the team that won the biggest game his school has ever seen.
When we won that game and 44,000 people rushed the field, that was probably the most amazing thing I ever had in college football.
Then after that they had to shut down the streets in New Brunswick and close down everything, and now people can look at Rutgers and say, you know, that's my school.
I am proud to announce that this year's recipient is Brian Leonard of Rutgers University.
To win the Dratty Award is important to me because it's not only academics, but it's on the field, too, and in the community.
It's a great experience, and it was fun, you know, being narrowed down from 100-something guys down to 17 guys and then to the number one guy, and it's really a great honor. I really appreciate this award.
I'd say you come to college and get your academics first, and then, you know, football second. I mean, really that's how you got to have your priorities there.
I'd definitely tell people, do your schoolwork, you know, study all hours, get them in, and then you'll be fine, and then you'll be able to do what you love and play football.
You know, I first came here through the 1-11 season and, you know, getting booed off the field. I mean, until now, the 10-2 season, and everyone, you know, loving us in Jersey.
You know, I think that's the best feeling I've ever had, you know, since I've been here and to change this program around the world is today.
Brian Leonard closed out his collegiate careers. Rutgers won its first bowl game in its 137-year history as the Scarlet Knights defeated Kansas State in last night's Texas Bowl 37-10.
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Every college athlete has to juggle the demands of schoolwork and sports, but Ray Ray McElrath Bay of Clemson University has taken on a more challenging responsibility, raising his 12-year-old brother, Famar.
Over the summer, the 20-year-old redshirt freshman was granted custody of his brother because of their mother's continuing drug addiction.
We caught up with Ray Ray and Famar on Christmas Day in Atlanta.
In this season of giving, one young boy is thankful to be on the receiving end of heartfelt brotherly love.
My name is Famar McElrath Bay. I am 12 years old. I live with my brother Ray Ray. He is a football player at Clemson University.
I live with my brother because my mom is trying to work through her drug addiction and my dad has some gambling problems.
Famar, say cheese.
My brother and I came down to Atlanta to celebrate Christmas with my family, including my mom.
Living with my brother is great. He loves me and takes care of me, and I get to hang out with the football team.
I think it's really tough for him because he has to be three things, a student, a student athlete, and a parent.
They do have a special bond. It's amazing to see, and sometimes it breaks my heart to see.
I think Ray Ray may have stress, a lot more stress than he should have at his age, but he's handling it pretty well. I'm so, so very proud of both of them.
It's a blessing, I guess. My teammates, my coaches, and their families, the whole Clemson community has been very wonderful.
A lot of people in Clemson had to donate to Famar's trust to contribute in some other way, so that's been really good. So I'm thankful for the people in Clemson.
Sometimes it's pretty tough for Ray Ray, but if Ray Ray didn't take care of me, I would have had to go back to a foster home.
It's really nice to come back and see all of my family. It means a lot to be back home in Atlanta during Christmas.
Ray Ray has been awesome this year. He just stepped right on in and I think he's kind of taking the role of a father for the whole family.
He's been a very, very big part of my support, and in keeping this family together, I don't know what it would have been without him. Sorry. That's my baby.
Christmas is not just about the presents. It's all about the thought that counts and being with your family and everyone.
That's pretty good. I couldn't say that. The thought that counts.
Christmas actually came early for Ray Ray and Famar. Back in September, the NCAA granted an unprecedented waiver so Clemson could set up a trust fund to help with Famar's care.
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