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The Brumbies have consolidated their place on top of Super Rugbys Australian conference with an all-important 43-24 bonus-point win over Queensland at GIO Stadium.The ACT franchise extended their winning streak to four on a freezing Friday night thanks to a try double to Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore.The hosts had a shaky start and trailed 10-0 before their attack was sparked by Argentinian halfback Tomas Cubelli, who replaced Joe Powell in the 58th minute, that led to three tries in the final 20 minutes.The six-tries-to-three victory puts them five points ahead of fierce rivals the NSW Waratahs, who play Japans unfancied Sunwolves in Tokyo on Saturday.Even if the Tahs land a win with bonus point, the Brumbies will retain the lead with an extra victory up their sleeve with two regular-season games remaining.It was a rather uninspiring affair in Canberra after the month-long international hiatus.Near-zero temperatures and a greasy field meant plenty of errors and injuries - including to Brumbies debutant and No.8 Ben Hyne, whose first Super Rugby game lasted less than five minutes after he rolled his ankle.The Reds drew first blood with a penalty goal and converted try to hooker Andrew Ready for a 10-0 lead after 18 minutes.It took a while for the Brumbies to warm up, but they finally did just before the break via co-captain Moore off a rolling maul.A Ben Alexander five-pointer after the half-time siren gave them a 15-10 lead.Queensland were denied the chance to level the scores in the 42nd minute after the TMO spotted a foot in touch en route to an entertaining Samu Kerevi try.Instead, the hosts skipped ahead with another Moore effort - his seventh of the season, the most ever by a hooker in Super Rugby.Duncan Paiaaua briefly took the wind out of the Brumbies sails, before Lealiifano scored off a Cubelli break.Cubelli dived over for one of his own 10 minutes later. Lausii Taliauli sealed the bonus point with five minutes remaining.The Brumbies travel to Auckland next week to face the Blues, while the Reds host the Chiefs.Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham was disappointed with the first half, but encouraged by a superb second term.He said it had been a pretty emotional week for many of his players, left disappointed by their recent Wallabies 3-0 Test series loss to England.We had one training run this week and we didnt do any breakdown or defensive work, he said.I think that first-half was really a bit of a training run to find their feet, and in the second half they got it all together.It was a bonus to get the three-try advantage - we havent had many this year.Reds skipper James Slipper said Alexanders try hurt them after an impressive start.The first 20 minutes we played the game that we came here to play and put the Brumbies under a lot of pressure, he said.We knew they were going to be a tough team to beat, especially down here at home - theyre a finals contender so we knew had to be on our game.But I thought, overall, our players really put their hands up tonight. 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Or was Rivalry Week this past Saturday, from the Golden Boot to the Big Game to The Game (congrats, Yale, on beating Harvard for the first time since 2006)? Big rivalries are sprinkled throughout the college football season, and as much grief as we give the schedulers (see first item below), they dont save the best for last. We get the Red River Rivalry and Floyd of Rosedale in early October, we get newbie rivalries such as Clemson-Florida State later in October and we get games such as Notre Dame-USC bouncing from October to November from year to year. Its great to be in Rivalry Week, but its good that we didnt have to wait all season for rivalries.1. One benefit from the way that LSU swiped a home game from Florida due to Hurricane Matthew is that it broke up SEC Chump Saturday. Just remember: When the SEC voted against playing nine conference games, Saturdays originally scheduled competition is what the league voted for: Alabama-Chattanooga, Auburn-Alabama A&M, Kentucky-Austin Peay, South Carolina-Western Carolina, Georgia-Louisiana Lafayette, LSU-South Alabama and Florida-Presbyterian. In mid-November. Its as if the final round of the Masters stopped at the 15th hole for an hour for the field to grab a beer and a pimiento cheese sandwich.2. But LSU-Florida provided even more benefits. First, the Tigers comeuppance: losing 16-10 when they failed to score twice from the 1-yard-line in the last 12 seconds. Second, South Alabama. Not only did the Jaguars get a $1.5 million buyout from LSU for giving up their slot in SEC Chump Saturday, but they played Presbyterian, which Florida had to abandon. The Jags beat the Blue Hose 31-7 and raised their record to 5-5 instead of falling to 4-6. In other words, South Alabama might qualify for a bowl game, thanks to LSU. And third, theres always the knowledge that LSU has to play at Florida the next two seasons.3. Only one win over an FCS team may count toward the six wins needed to qualify for a bowl. However, the NCAA gave South Alabama a waiver, given the reason why the Jags have two FCS victories. Army, 6-5, with two FCS wins, must beat Navy or else the Black Knights will fall into the pool of five-win teams hoping for a shortage of six-win teams. Last season, three 5-7 teams played in bowls (and Nebraska, Minnesota and San Jose State all won). This season, if needed, the NCAA will select the 5-7 teams with the highest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, which a good way to connect academic success to athletic success. Here are a ffew 5-6 teams (and Army), their APR scores and their next opponents: Northwestern 992 vs.ddddddddddddIllinois (3-8) Vanderbilt 990 vs. Tennessee (8-3) Army 989 vs. Navy (8-2) Boston College 981 at Wake Forest (6-5) Indiana 979 vs. Purdue (3-8) Maryland 977 vs. Rutgers (2-9) Texas 971 vs. TCU (5-5) NC State 969 at North Carolina (8-3) SMU 945 vs. Navy (8-2)4. When Luke Falk is on, there is no passer in the country more dangerous than the Washington State junior. He might look like Clayton Kershaw in shoulder pads -- the 6-foot-4, 225-pound Kershaw has 10 pounds on Falk -- but in the first half on Saturday at Colorado, Falk threw more like Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. He picked a spot and delivered a tight spiral with the exact pace he needed -- not 1 mph faster, not 1 mph slower. Falks anticipation is such that as the ball sails to its spot, your eye has time to find the receiver and watch the two intersect. Falk was victimized by drops, and he had less time in the second half than in the first. But when Falk is on, he is fun to watch.5. I wrote a note last week about Rutgers being shut out three times, and the Scarlet Knights failed to score again on Saturday against No. 8 Penn State. Rutgers march to infamy hasnt included many trips to the red zone. It has gotten there only 23 times all season. The next fewest is from Georgia State, with 25, yet the Panthers rank 35th in red zone efficiency because they have scored 22 times. Rutgers has combined not getting to the opponents 20 with not doing well once they arrive there. The Scarlet Knights have scored eight touchdowns, kicked eight field goals and failed to score seven times. By comparison, Michigan has made 58 trips to the red zone and scored 53 times.6.?DOnta Foreman?of Texas overtook Donnel Pumphrey of San Diego State for the lead in FBS rushing yards on Saturday, perhaps the lone bright spot in the Longhorns overtime loss to Kansas. But Foremans eight-yard lead (1,863-1,855) is temporary, if only because Pumphrey has three more games to play and Foreman might not have more than one. Moreover, Foreman carried the ball 51 times against the Jayhawks, the most carries by any FBS back in 13 years. (Chris Perry of Michigan had 51 versus Michigan State in 2003.) ?Foreman has carried it 292 times in 10 games. Pumphrey has 287 carries in 11 games. Only four backs this season have more than 250 carries. Workhorse backs stand out these days because they are relics of an earlier game. ' ' '