Boise State Pounds Oregon State, 53-34

Jared Zabransky threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Korey Hall had three interceptions Friday night to help Boise State defeat Oregon State, 53-34, at Boise, Idaho.

The Broncos (2-0) extended the longest winning streak in Division I-A to 13 games. It was Boise State’s first victory against a team from the Pacific 10 Conference and its 20th consecutive victory at home, also best in I-A.

Oregon State raced to a 14-0 lead in front of a Boise State-record crowd of 30,950, but the Broncos answered with 34 consecutive points.

Hall returned one of his interceptions 46 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter to cut Oregon State’s lead to 14-10, and Zabransky gave the Broncos the lead with an 18-yard scoring pass to Derek Schouman.

Tyler Jones made a 26-yard field goal on the final play of the first half to make it 20-14.

Oregon State’s Derek Anderson threw for 411 yards and four touchdowns -- three to Mike Hass -- but also had four interceptions. Hass finished with 12 catches for 293 yards.

The Beavers were the last team to defeat the Broncos, 26-24, last season at Corvallis, Ore. Boise State has not lost at home since falling to Washington State in the 2001 opener.

Oregon State started a season 0-2 for the first time since 1996, when the Beavers lost their first five games.

It was another painful loss for Oregon State, which fell in overtime last Saturday night to then-No. 3 Louisiana State, 22-21.

Adding insult to injury, the Beavers’ charter flight from Baton Rouge, La., to Corvallis was re-routed to Portland, Ore.

It was scheduled to land in Eugene, Ore., home of the Beavers’ in-state rival Oregon Ducks.

The team had to bus from Portland to Corvallis and arrived home Sunday at 7 a.m.

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Tennessee is appealing the $10,000 fine the Southeastern Conference imposed after Coach Phillip Fulmer, under the advice of his attorneys, did not attend the conference’s media day in July at Birmingham, Ala.

Fulmer was fearful of being subpoenaed by attorneys who allege Fulmer conspired with the NCAA to bring down the Alabama program.

Fulmer spoke to NCAA investigators looking into possible recruiting violations four years ago. In 2002, the NCAA placed Alabama on probation for five years.

A former Alabama recruit and Tennessee player sued Fulmer for defamation in an Alabama court because Fulmer told the NCAA he heard rumors the recruit’s mother was involved with an Alabama assistant. A judge dismissed the lawsuit three days after Fulmer was to appear at SEC media days.

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St. Peter’s fired Coach Scott Kochman for using ineligible players during the team’s 44-3 loss to Monmouth last Saturday, school officials said.

Kochman, who had been coach since May 2003, was replaced by assistant Chris Taylor.