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Whatever anger, bitterness or other emotions he'd felt all week didn't matter anymore. He’d just thrown his second nice touch down pass and was leading the Dallas Cowboys to a 21-13 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, securing his job and possibly saving the team’s season. Both were in jeopardy after Dallas was humiliated by the expansion Houston Texans in the opener. But as Carter danced back to the sideline after his best pass of the season, his display showed that he knew he was back in charge. “I’m starting to be a leader on this team,” said Carter, who was 14-of-24 for 240 yards, one shy of his career best, with no interceptions. Carter won his third straight game at home and improved to 5-6 as an NFL starter for a team that’s 11-23 since the start of the 2000 season. His status was questioned, though, after he threw for just 131 yards against the Texans with as many near-interceptions as completions. Critics were after him, too, and Carter seemed to be listening for the first time. His trademark confidence had been replaced by defensiveness. But given a game plan that let him throw downfield more often, and forced to make plays because of the way Tennessee stuffed Emmitt Smith, Carter came through. I think Quincy is a competitor, and Til go into war with a competitor any day. — Dave Campo Cowboys Head Coach He perfectly executed a play fake for a 17-yard touchdown in the second quarter, then strung together a series of nice plays before throwing a 38-yard touchdown pass to Joey Galloway that led to his glorious celebration. Earlier in that drive, he threw a 12-yarder to Ken-Yon Rambo on third- and-11 and hit Antonio Bryant in stride for 44 yards on a pump-and-go route. “I think Quincy is a competitor, and I’ll go into war with a competitor any day,” Dallas coach Dave Campo said. The Titans (1-1) were in control the first 2 1/2 quarters, despite quarterback Steve McNair suffering a mild concussion when he ran into an equipment trunk on the Dallas sideline midway through the second quarter. “It kind of stunned me,” McNair said. “My neck was a little sore, but I was OK after that. It didn’t hinder me at all.” He returned for the third quarter with Tennessee leading 10-7. On the second series of the half, McNair threw the game changing pass when Cowboys safety Darren Woodson hit his arm as he threw. Linebacker Dexter Coakley, shaken up two plays earlier, caught the wobbly ball and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown, giving Dallas its first lead of the season. “I felt like a running back,” said Coakley, who has scored on four of his nine career interceptions. The Cowboys were expecting big plays from their defense this season, but didn’t get any against the Texans. This game fea tured Coakley’s and a sack by Greg Ellis that threw McNair for an 8-yard loss on third-and-9 with 2:31 left. After going down by 11, the Titans mustered only a 52-yard field goal by Joe Nedney. Tennessee had overcome a 14-point deficit against Philadelphia in the opener. “They just made plays at the critical times and we didn’t,” Titans cornerback Andre Dyson said. McNair, who completed nine of his first 10 passes, turned cold down the stretch. He finished 2()-of-38 for 226 yards with one touchdown. Neil O’Donnell replaced McNair in the second quarter and set up a 37-yard field goal by Nedney on his only series. Smith had 59 yards, moving him 414 yards from becoming the NFL’s career rushing leader. He was stuffed twice on third-and-1. Galloway caught five passes for 88 yards. Tennessee’s Eddie George had 65 yards on 19 carries. Titans’ receiver Derrick Mason had seven catches for 118 yards for his second straight 100-yard game and sixth in his last nine. 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If I had my cap on, I would tip it to him.” Texas A&M soccer team drops games to UNC, TCU Heather Ragsdale had two assists on Sunday as the No. 8 Texas A&M soccer team dropped Texas Christian University in Fort Worth on Sunday, 3-0. A&M approved its record to 3-3 while TCU dropped to 1-4-2 for the season. Sophomore Emma Smith put the Aggies on top in the 41st minute with her first goal of the season off Ragsdale’s assist. Smith’s attempt for her second goal of the game early in the second half bounced off the right post. Sophomore Linsey Woodard and fresh man Kate Ripple also scored in the game. Ripple's goal, the first of her collegiate career, came in the 89th minute of action. A&M freshman goalkeeper Kati Jo Spisak earned her first shutout of the season and collected five saves for the game. The 1,723 fans entering Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium helped to eclipse the old stadium record by more than 1,000 people. The crowd was less than half the number that attended the Aggies game on Friday against the No. 1 University of North Carolina Tarheels. Over 2,400 fans were in attendance at Meyer park in Spring to watch A&M fall to UNC 4-1 in one of the higher profile match es of the year for the Aggies. Senior forward Heather Ragsdale scored the only goal of the night in the Aggies' loss. It was her 25th career goal. The loss is the third straight loss to nation ally ranked teams for the Aggies (Stanford, Cal-Berkeley, UNC). The three game skid is first in the program’s ten-year history. Upsets shake up Top 25, Big 12 power structures College Football fans around the country watched Saturday as the Top 25 began to see a shift in power. In South Bend, ESPN/USA Today No. 21 Notre Dame continued to display a new sense of domination that they haven’t seen in quite some time. Picked as heavy underdogs against No. 6 Michigan, the Irish stunned the crowd of over 80,000 to improve their season record to 3-0. No. 15 Michigan State didn’t fare much better, falling 46-22 at home to the University of Callifornia. The Golden Bears held a 25-0 lead at halftime and never looked back. California quarterback Kyle Boiler threw four touchdown passes and is now averag ing 50 points a game this season. The Big 12 North took a huge hit this weekend as well. No. 7 Nebraska was throttled 40-7 by No. 25 Penn State, adding pressure to head coach Frank Solich, who many Husker fans have begun to doubt. No. 19 Colorado, the team that college football analysts across the country picked to win the Big 12 this year, managed only three first downs against USC in a 40-3 loss at home. “We were just awful,” said Colorado head coach Gary Barnett. “I don’t know what else to say. 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