Tulsa Rolls Over Ball State in Wet GMAC Bowl

Then Ball State's Kyle Young blocked a punt at Tulsa's 22-yard line. Three incompletions later, Ball State had to settle for Ian McGarvey's 39-yard field goal and a 17-10 deficit.

Ball State's B.J. Hill, left, pulls down Tulsa running back Charles Clay (9) during the first half of the GMAC Bowl NCAA college football game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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Adams added his 56-yarder before Davis nearly got the Cardinals back within a score, thanks to a bulldozing, spinning run down to the Tulsa 7 in the final minute. Tulsa stood again, forcing a field goal and Ball State didn't challenge again.

Neither the defense nor the rain was able to stop Tulsa's offense.

"We were very much in it at halftime," Parrish said. "But Tulsa ran the ball, they threw the ball. They've got a tough offense to stop," Parrish said. "Even Mother Nature didn't slow them down as much as it slowed us down."

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