Fresno State Ends Boise State Streak

Paul Pinegar passed for 307 yards and connected with Paul Williams for two long touchdowns Thursday night to lead No. 20 Fresno State to a 27-7 victory over Boise State at Fresno.

The Bulldogs ended the Broncos’ 31-game Western Athletic Conference winning streak and won for the 14th time in 15 games.

Wendell Mathis ran for 121 yards and a score as Fresno State, 8-1 overall and 6-0 in the WAC, controlled the ball for more than 40 minutes, racked up 513 yards and shut out Boise State (7-3, 5-1) after Jeff Carpenter’s 67-yard scoring run in the opening seconds.

Fresno State plays No. 1 USC on Nov. 19 at the Coliseum.

Jared Zabransky completed 15 of 32 passes for 190 yards with two interceptions for Boise State, which was last defeated in a conference game by Louisiana Tech on Nov. 3, 2001.

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Arizona State was placed on two years’ NCAA probation and cited for lack of institutional control for violations that included extra benefits to Loren Wade, the former running back now facing trial for murder.

Wade, charged in the March shooting death of former Sun Devil player Brandon Falkner, was suspended for part of the 2004 season after an assistant in the athletic department compliance office allowed him to charge $900 in car repairs on her personal credit card and arranged for Wade to receive $890 in financial aid for summer school classes he did not attend, among other violations.

The citation for lack of institutional control was related to the university’s discovery during the Wade investigation of 61 cases of athletes receiving reportedly unintentional improper financial aid ranging from $4 to $833.

The NCAA did not impose a postseason or scholarship ban on Arizona State, but the school is subject to “repeat violator” penalties for five years.

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Safety Tony Franklin was among four Virginia players suspended for undisclosed violations of team policy. Franklin, a starter and one of four captains, will sit out Saturday’s game against No. 24 Georgia Tech along with nose tackle Kwakou Robinson, reserve receiver Ottowa Anderson and reserve defensive end Vince Redd.... Auburn suspended linebacker Kevin Sears for Saturday’s game against No. 9 Georgia for a violation of team rules.

Navy and Notre Dame will continue their rivalry through at least 2016, with the teams returning to Ireland to play in 2012. The Irish have beaten the Midshipmen an NCAA-record 41 consecutive times.... West Virginia center Dan Mozes hurt his lower right leg in Wednesday’s victory against Cincinnati, but extent of the injury was not yet known.