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YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane wouldnt be surprised if Cristiano Ronaldo keeps winning awards.Ronaldo earned his fourth Ballon dOr prize on Monday, and is now targeting a third title at the Club World Cup.It is very rare that one player wins so many awards, Zidane said Wednesday. His fourth Ballon dOr is a great achievement. It is not something you can easily achieve. Maybe he deserves a fifth Ballon dOr.Another trophy would move Ronaldo level with Lionel Messi.Madrid is in Japan to face Mexican side Club America in the Club World Cup semifinals on Thursday. The team, currently in first place in the Spanish league, is favored to win yet another title.Madrid captain Sergio Ramos will miss the match, but Zidane is hopeful he will be fit to return if Madrid makes the final.He is not in a serious condition but he is a little bit tired after a long journey and I dont want to put him under any physical pressure, Zidane said.Club America came from a goal down to beat South Korean side Jeonbuk Hyundai 2-1 in Sundays quarterfinals. The Mexican side is marking its centenary this year, and Zidane is sure they are highly motivated.Some clubs only have one chance in a lifetime to play against Real Madrid and I think it is a very good opportunity for them, the former France great said.Madrid hasnt lost in any competition since April 6, a run which has stretched to a club record 35 games.Zidane, however, doesnt feel that adds any extra pressure to him or his players.Real Madrid is always under pressure because we must win, people expect us to win, Zidane said. Winning 50 or 40 games, there is not much difference.The winner of Thursdays match will face either Atletico Nacional or Kashima Antlers in Sundays final in Yokohama.Madrid still has a chance to claim an unprecedented quadruple. 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San Diego State had to beat out schools such as Oregon State, Duke and lukewarm interest from hometown UNLV to garner his services.But the spotlight will be a big one shinning on Pumphrey in the 25th annual Las Vegas Bowl when Mountain West champion San Diego State (10-3) plays Houston (9-3) on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC) at Sam Boyd Stadium, only an 18-mile drive from Pumphreys old high school.Pumphrey (6,290 yards) needs 108 yards to surpass Wisconsins Ron Dayne (6,397) as the all-time leading career rusher in FBS history.Dayne, speaking on the Wisconsin State Journals The Red Zone podcast last month, said he believes hes getting shortchanged however.Hes gonna have (an asterisk) by his name if he breaks the record anyway, said Dayne, who starred at Wisconsin from 1996-1999. They didnt use none of my bowl games.Valid point. The NCAA began counting bowl games toward regular season and career statistical totals in 2002, but it did not go back and add bowl totals for players who played before 2002. If it had, Daynes total, counting bowl games, would be 7,125, including 200 yards in the 2000 Rose Bowl.Records are made to be broken, Dayne said. Good luck to him, and I wish him the best.Pumphrey, a first team All-American by Walter Camp and Sports Illustrated, ranks second in the country in rushing yards (2,018), rushing yards per game (155.2) and all-purpose yards (2,229) despite not playing in the fourth quarter in four of the past seven games. He is the only player in NCAA history with at least 5,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards.Despite all those glossy numbers, he wasnt one of five players invited to New York for the recent Heisman Trophy ceremony, another reason for him to play with a chip on his shoulder.Im very disappointed. I think he deserves to be there, San Diego State coach Rocky Long said last week. I knew all along that it was a long shot because of a lot of things, us being a non-Power 55 program and being on the West Coast.dddddddddddd Those are two big deterrents for him being invited, but its very disappointing. But hes the Heisman winner in our minds and heart.Houston promoted offensive coordinator Major Applewhite to become coach after Tom Herman departed to become Texas coach. Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, who had been serving as the interim coach since Herman accepted the Texas job Nov. 26, assumes his usual duties as defensive coordinator and then is expected to join Herman at Texas.The Cougars, who opened the season with a 33-23 upset of eventual Big 12 champion Oklahoma and also stunned then-No. 5-ranked Louisville and Heisman winner Lamar Jackson 36-10, saw their bid for a second straight New Years Six bowl berth go by the wayside when they lost to Navy 46-40 midway through the season.Houston also lost to SMU and Memphis and finished fourth (5-3) in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference.Cougars quarterback Greg Ward Jr. is playing the final game of his spectacular career and ranks fifth in school history in passing touchdowns (52) and passing yardage (8,476). Ward accounted for 31 touchdowns (22 passing, nine rushing) this season while throwing for 3,328 yards and rushing for 518 despite battling a shoulder injury.Houstons rushing defense, led by freshman nose tackle Ed Oliver (19.5 tackles for loss, five sacks) and senior outside linebacker Steven Taylor (72 tackles, 8.5 sacks), ranks third in the nation at 97.9 yards per game which makes Pumphreys quest to break Daynes rushing mark even more interesting. The Cougars limited opponents to 22.6 points per game.Senior cornerback Damontae Kazee (seven interceptions this season, school-record 17 in his career) and senior outside linebacker Calvin Munson (team-best 108 tackles) lead San Diego States defense. Kazee is the first cornerback in Mountain West history to win the defensive player-of-the-year award twice and the fifth player overall, joining Tank Carder (2010-11 at TCU), Jerry Hughes (2008-09 at TCU), Eric Weddle (2005-06 at Utah) and Kirk Morrison (2003-04 at San Diego State). ' ' '