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CHENEY, Wash. -- Hunter Wells fired a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Rader in the end zone with 1 second left to lift Youngstown State to a 40-38 victory over Eastern Washington on Saturday to advance to the FCS national title game against James Madison.Youngstown State (12-3) started the winning drive on its 42 with 4:24 left in the game, and used up the clock as it marched for the score.Tevin McCaster rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns for Youngstown State, which will be seeking its fifth national title.Wells said the Penguins benefited from a bit of luck.He was covered, so I threw it anyway, Wells said of Rader. He made a hell of a catch.We just find a way to win, Wells said. We never feel we are out of a game regardless of the score.Cooper Kupp caught 10 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns for Eastern Washington (12-2), which saw its 11-game winning streak snapped.One play doesnt define the year, said Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin. It was a battle to the very end.I feel so good about what this group of seniors has done, Baldwin said.The Penguins will play for the national championship Jan. 7 against James Madison, which beat North Dakota State 27-17 on Friday. The loss broke North Dakota States string of five consecutive FCS titles.Saturdays game was played in bitter cold, with the temperature dropping to single digits as the game progressed.Youngstown States Jalyn Powell intercepted a Gage Gubrud pass on the first drive of the game. The Penguins marched down the field, with McCaster rushing in from the 4 for a 7-0 lead.Eastern Washington replied with a drive that stalled on the 4, and settled for a 21-yard field goal by Roldan Alcobendas.The Eagles scored again on Gubruds 4-yard touchdown pass to Kupp late in the first quarter for a 10-7 lead.After Youngstown punted, Gubrud connected with Kendrick Bourne on an 83-yard touchdown pass for a 17-7 lead. Bourne caught the ball near midfield and outran three defenders.Zak Kennedy kicked a 42-yard field goal to cut Easterns lead to 17-10 late in second quarter.Eastern was forced to punt on its next possession but Youngstown States Alvin Bailey fumbled the catch and the Eagles recovered. Sam McPherson hit Kupp on a 32-yard touchdown pass for a 24-10 lead.The Penguins replied with a 69-yard drive, with McCaster running the last 20 yards to cut Easterns lead to 24-17 at halftime.Youngstown drove to the 3-yard line on the opening drive of the second half, but had to settle for Kennedys 20-yard field goal. The Eagles replied quickly with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Gubrud to Shaq Hill to push their lead back to 31-20.Gubrud was intercepted at the goal line by Billy Hurst and the Penguins scored on an 11-yard pass from Hunter Wells to Alvin Bailey, cutting Easterns lead to 31-27 early in the fourth.Eastern went three-and-out and Youngstown State got the ball at midfield. They went ahead 34-31 on McCasters 12-yard touchdown run, his third of the game.Eastern marched 80 yards on its next possession, with Hill running over from the 1 for a 38-34 lead with 4:24 left in the game.That set up the Penguins winning drive.Gubrud completed 18 of 33 passes for 353 yards and three touchdowns, but suffered two interceptions.Kupp is an All-America who won the Walter Payton Award last season as the top player in FCS and could become the second two-time winner when it is handed out Jan. 6.The Eagles won the 2010 national title. Youngstown State has won four national titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997.BIG PICTUREYoungstown State: Running back Jody Webb ran for 101 yards, while Wells completed 16 of 24 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns. Coach Bo Pelini is playing for a national title in only his second season with the Penguins.Eastern Washington: Kupp came in having caught 418 passes for 6,284 yards and 71 touchdowns in his career. The receptions and touchdowns are FCS records, while the yardage is the most for any receiver in the history of all levels of college football. Eastern Washington opened the season by upsetting Washington State of the Pac-12, a team that recovered to post eight wins and advance to the Holiday Bowl.UP NEXTYoungstown State will play James Madison for the national title on Jan. 7. In Frisco, Texas.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Nike NFL Jerseys Autographed . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. Discount Nike NFL Jerseys . 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Former France head coach Bernard Laporte is the new French Rugby Federation president.Laporte won 84 per cent of the General Assembly votes and defeating outgoing President Pierre Camou and Alain Doucet and is hoping to?bring the amateur and professional game together.After guiding France to the World Cup semi-final in 2003 and 2007, he served as sports secretary for the following two years.?He returned to coaching with Toulon in 2011 where he won three consecutive European Cups between 2013-15 and added a?Bouclier de Brennus trophy in 2014.?Camou had been running for a third term, but Laportes election would indicate change was loooked for.ddddddddddddQuoted in Le Parisien, Laporte said he felt a real dissatisfaction among the amateur game in France and he hopes to address it. The Stade de France is another big issue as Laporte looks to entice the French public to a team that last won a 6 Nations Grand Slam in 2010 and received the wooden spoon in 2013. ?The 52-year old, who wont be paid for in the position stated that he would dedicate one day a week to work with clubs and will dedicate three days a week to his work as President. ' ' '