COLEGE FOOTBALL Smith, Missouri upended by Troy

The Tigers built a 14-0 lead in the opening quarter before the Trojans rallied.
TROY, Ala. (AP) -- Missouri was thinking blowout, Troy looked helpless and Brad Smith was seemingly unstoppable.
Then, everything flip-flopped and Troy upset the 19th-ranked Tigers 24-14 on Thursday night with gadgets, luck and guts.
Receiver Jason Samples threw a touchdown pass and caught another, and offensive lineman Junior Louissaint scored on a 63-yard fumble recovery for the Trojans (2-0).
Missouri (1-1) barely seemed to exert itself in building a 14-0 lead in the first eight minutes but everything was a strain after that against the resilient Trojans.
"We thought we could, we thought we could, we thought we could," Troy coach Larry Blakeney said, "and finally we did."
First win over Big 12
His fourth-year Division I-A program had never hosted a BCS conference team and was 0-6 against Big 12 teams. No wonder the fans stormed the field and pulled down a goal post as Missouri players slumped to the locker room.
"To me, this is the biggest win we've ever had," Blakeney said.
Smith passed for 224 yards and ran 15 times for 36 yards, but threw two interceptions in the second half. He got few big plays against a speedy Troy defense and his Heisman Trophy hopes were dealt a serious blow.
"I don't know if I've ever been involved in a game like this before," Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. "We moved the ball very well in the first quarter. Did we lose focus? I don't know. If I knew, I would have corrected it immediately. We got stifled the rest of the game."
Big play
Troy's Aaron Leak, who was only 7-of-20 with three interceptions, made the pass he needed to. He rolled left and hit a leaping Samples in the end zone four minutes into the fourth quarter. Leak was down on the turf for a minute after taking a hard hit on the play, then got up and waved his arms to the crowd, the largest in school history at 26,574.
Smith then drove the Tigers to Troy's 30, but couldn't get them further before they turned it over on downs.
Troy milked the clock below six minutes and punter Thomas Olmsted buried the Tigers inside the 5 for the second straight time. Arthur Adams effectively ended Missouri's hopes with an interception.
"It was never a doubt with us that we could play with them and eventually beat them," said Bernard Davis, who blocked a punt.