Colorado wins in OT

Aric Goodman made a 25-yard field goal in overtime to give Colorado a 17-14 victory over No. 21 West Virginia on Thursday night at Boulder, Colo.

The Mountaineers had the ball first in overtime, but Pat McAfee’s 23-yard attempt clanged off the left upright.

Cody Hawkins threw two first-quarter touchdown passes and Rodney Stewart ran for 166 yards, the most ever by a Colorado freshman, to help the Buffaloes improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2004.

West Virginia quarterback Pat White ran for two touchdowns and 148 yards, and Noel Devine rushed for 133 yards.

The Mountaineers (1-2) have lost consecutive road games for the first time since 2003. They lost at East Carolina, 24-3, on Sept. 6.

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Virginia quarterback Peter Lalich was dismissed from the team after admitting in court on Thursday that he violated terms of his drinking-related probation by consuming alcohol.

The dismissal, announced in a statement issued by the school, came on the same day that Lalich, 20, told a judge in Charlottesville General District Court that he had consumed alcohol while on probation after his arrest over the summer for underage drinking.

Lalich completed 18 of 35 passes in the Cavaliers’ opening loss to USC.

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Ohio State freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor and senior Todd Boeckman are likely to split duties against Troy on Saturday, and Coach Jim Tressel said he did not know who would start.

“It’s been about 60-40 with Terrelle getting about 60% of the reps,” Tressel said Thursday. “As we go into the game after we review today’s practice, I think we’re still in the thought process that it’ll be about equal. . . . Both of them are doing pretty good.”