Oklahoma turns back Oregon

It was a sight incredibly familiar to San Diego football fans -- a quarterback named Leaf throwing an interception.

This time it came in the Holiday Bowl, and it was by Brady Leaf, younger brother of Ryan Leaf.

With No. 6 Oregon in position to at least tie it with a field goal, Oklahoma's Clint Ingram made a leaping interception at about the 10-yard line with 33 seconds left to preserve the Sooners' 17-14 upset of the Ducks on Thursday night.

Leaf had thrown a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tim Day with 3:30 left to pull the Ducks to 17-14.

Oregon's defense held, and Leaf began another drive at his 22 with 3:04 to play. He threw a 38-yard pass to Terrence Whitehead, who zigzagged to the Oklahoma 34. On third-and-14 from the 39, Leaf rolled right, was flushed back to the left, evaded one tackle before side-arming a pass to Jeremiah Johnson for a 19-yard gain.

Two plays later, Ingram got in front of Demetrius Williams for the interception.

Brady Leaf was booed when he came in for Oregon's third possession of the game, and again when a scoreboard graphic noted that he was Ryan Leaf's younger brother. Ryan Leaf, the bad-boy quarterback who played for the Chargers for three seasons, was perhaps the biggest bust in NFL history.

Brady Leaf had helped rally the Ducks (10-2) in three of their final four games.

The Sooners (8-4) won six of seven to close the season.

Oregon led 7-3 after the lowest-scoring first half in Holiday Bowl history, but its offense was a no-show for most of the second half.

Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson heated up in the second half, finishing with 84 yards on 23 carries.

Rhett Bomar threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to fullback J.D. Runnells for a 10-7 Oklahoma lead with 9:20 to play in the third quarter.

Late in the third, Peterson's backup, Kejuan Jones, scored on an 8-yard run to make it 17-7. Peterson softened the Ducks with three bruising carries on the drive for 36 yards, including a 20-yard gain when he leveled safety J.D. Nelson.

Emerald Bowl Utah 38, No. 24 Georgia Tech 10

Travis LaTendresse caught 16 passes for 214 yards and four touchdowns, Brett Ratliff passed for 381 yards and the Utes rolled up 550 total yards in a 38-10 victory over No. 24 Georgia Tech in the Emerald Bowl on Thursday.

Quinton Ganther ran for 120 yards and added a 41-yard TD romp in the fourth quarter for the Utes (7-5), who finished their follow-up season to their 12-0 run through the Bowl Championship Series in 2004 with an offensive performance more than worthy of former coach Urban Meyer's sublime team.

-- The Associated Press