COLLEGE FOOTBALL BIG WEEK FOR EX-ANTELOPES.

Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer

The walls in Antelope Valley High football coach Brent Newcomb's are covered with pictures of ex-Antelopes who went on to play college football.

``How about all those Antelopes doing a great job,'' Newcomb hollered out at a recent A.V. practice.

The Antelope Valley contingent has done its old coach proud this season. Take Saturday's games.

--Cal State Northridge sophomore Bruce Molock rushed for 199 yards on 36 carries and scored an overtime touchdown in what turned out to be a 31-30 loss to Idaho State.

--UCLA senior running back Jermaine Lewis filled in nicely for injured star DeShaun Foster, had 104 yards and a momentum-swinging 57-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter.

--Washington State wide receiver Milton Wynn continues to be a big-play performer for the Cougars. In a 21-17 win at California, Wynn caught five passes for 87 yards.

--Another setback: In all fairness to Kyle Boller (Hart), his surrounding cast at California hasn't made it easy for the sophomore. Cal's receiving corps has been both inconsistent and hounded by injuries, and the Golden Bears lost two more starting offensive lineman in Saturday's game against Washington State.

Cal had figured to get back into the win column against the Cougars, who hadn't won a Pacific-10 Conference road game since 1997. Boller's subpar passing day was a big reason that Washington State - a 21-17 winner in Berkeley - snapped that streak.

Boller was just 11 of 31 for 89 yards to offset the two touchdowns for which he was responsible. Boller threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to freshman Chase Lyman in the first quarter and ran in a bootleg from the 6 to tie the game at 14 in the third quarter.

But that was about it for a Cal offense that failed miserably with favorable field position in losses to Illinois and Fresno State.

Cal had a chance to rally in the fourth quarter with a drive that stalled at the Cougars' 12. Boller was forced to throw quickly and misfired on a throw into the end zone on fourth down.

``We were driving. I think we had some drives near to the end zone,'' Boller said. ``The receivers and I couldn't hook up. When you can't hook up with your receivers, you're not going to win.''

Boller, who led Hart to a Southern Section Division III championship two years ago, has discovered the rough side of playing Division I-A football. Since he arrived at Cal, the Bears' record is 5-10, including 1-3 this season.

``I thought we'd come in here and go to Rose Bowls,'' Boller said after Saturday's loss. ``It's not as easy as I thought.''

--Battering Rams: Nevada junior David Neill, Hart's other Division I-A QB starter, got the Wolf Pack off and running against favored Colorado State.

On the game's first snap, Nevada ran a double-lateral gadget play. Neill combined on an 80-yard touchdown pass play with Nate Burleson to give the Wolf Pack a 7-0 lead. But Colorado State, once ranked in the Top 25, took command quickly to hammer Nevada 45-14 and drop the Wolf Pack to 1-3.

``(The Rams) had a good game plan for what we were going to do,'' said Neill, 14 of 27 for 235 yards and two touchdowns. ``We're just going to have to go back to the basics, get the simple stuff down again. I know we can do it.''

--Odds and ends: Ted Iacenda (Hart) had his most-productive game of the season for New Mexico. He scored two touchdowns, one rushing and one passing, in the Lobos' 45-10 rout of Wyoming. . . .

Arizona's Malosi Leonard (Palmdale) had just one catch for nine yards at Stanford. But Leonard gained bragging rights in the family. The Wildcats beat younger brother Matt Leonard's Cardinal 27-3. . . .

Oregon State running back Ken Simonton might be the nation's most- underappreciated superstar, even after he ran for 234 yards and three touchdowns in the Beavers' 31-21 upset of USC Saturday.

Simonton's offensive line played a big role in his big day. The Beavers' blockers include Vince Sandoval, a 6-foot-4, 287-pound junior tackle from Palmdale High.