NFL, college basketball, prep wrestling

1/1/2008

Bowl Schedule

SUNDAY

Independence Bowl

At Shreveport, La.

Payout: $1.1 million

Alabama 30, Colorado 24

YESTERDAY

Armed Forces Bowl

At Fort Worth, Texas

Payout: $750,000

California 42, Air Force 36

Sun Bowl

At El Paso, Texas

Payout: $1.9 million

Oregon 56, South Florida 21

Humanitarian Bowl

At Boise, Idaho

Payout: $750,000

Fresno State 40, Georgia Tech 28

Music City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn.

Payout: $1.6 million

Kentucky 35, Florida State 28

Insight Bowl

At Tempe, Ariz.

Payout: $1.25 million

Indiana (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), late

Chick-fil-A Bowl

At Atlanta

Payout: $2.9 million

Clemson (9-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), late

TODAY

Outback Bowl

At Tampa, Fla.

Payout: $3.1 million

Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Tennessee (9-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Cotton Bowl

At Dallas

Payout: $3 million

Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8-4), 11:30 a.m. (FOX)

Capital One Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Payout: $4.25 million

Michigan (8-4)

vs. Florida (9-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)

Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.

Payout: $2.25 million

Virginia (9-3) vs. Texas Tech (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS)

Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.

Payout: $17 million

Southern California (10-2) vs. Illinois (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ABC)

Sugar Bowl

At New Orleans

Payout: $17 million

Hawaii (12-0) vs. Georgia (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (FOX)

TOMORROW

Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.

Payout: $17 million

West Virginia (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

THURSDAY, Jan. 3

Orange Bowl

At Miami

Payout: $17 million

Kansas (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

SATURDAY, Jan. 5

International Bowl

At Toronto

Payout: $750,000

Rutgers (7-4) vs. Ball State (7-5), Noon (ESPN2)

SUNDAY, Jan. 6

GMAC Bowl

Mobile, Ala.

Payout: $750,000

Tulsa (9-4) vs.

Bowling Green (8-4),

8 p.m. (ESPN)

MONDAY, Jan. 7

BCS National Championship

At New Orleans

Payout: $17 million

Ohio State (11-1)

vs. LSU (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

Armed Forces

California 0 14 14 14 42

Air Force 7 14 6 9 36

AFA Carney 1 run (Harrison kick), 8:27.

AFA Dekker 7 pass from Carney (Harrison kick), 14:10.

AFA Ollis 8 run (Harrison kick), 12:08.

Cal Jackson 40 pass from Riley (Kay kick), 10:31.

Cal Hawkins 5 pass from Riley (Kay kick), 4:09.

AFA FG Harrison 29, 10:29.

Cal R.Jordan 18 pass from Riley (Kay kick), 7:49.

AFA FG Harrison 19, 2:50.

Cal Forsett 1 run (Kay kick), 1:33.

Cal Forsett 21 run (Kay kick), 10:59.

AFA FG Harrison 47, 7:25.

Cal Riley 1 run (Kay kick), 6:13.

AFA Hall 4 run (run failed), 2:23.

A 40,905.

TEAM STATS

Cal AFA

First downs 26 24

Rushes-yards 34-202 61-312

Passing 305 113

Comp-Att-Int 21-27-0 9-20-0

Return Yards 0 0

Punts-Avg. 1-43.0 3-41.7

Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0

Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-44

Time of Possession 24:53 35:07

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING

California, Forsett 23-140, Montgomery 4-41, Riley 4-17, Hawkins 1-7, Team 2-(minus 3). Air Force, Carney 15-108, Ollis 16-101, Hall 19-63, S.Smith 4-33, McCarthy 2-6, R.Williams 3-3, Newell 1-1, Paffett 1-(minus 3).

PASSING

California, Riley 16-19-0-269, Longshore 5-8-0-36. Air Force, S.Smith 4-12-0-45, Carney 5-8-0-68.

RECEIVING

California, R.Jordan 6-148, Jackson 5-81, Forsett 3-21, Hawkins 3-17, Cunningham 2-15, Ta'ufo'ou 1-12, C.Morrah 1-11. Air Force, Dekker 4-63, Hall 4-36, Root 1-14.

Humanitarian

Georgia Tech 7 0 14 7 28

Fresno St. 3 17 14 6 40

GT Thomas 35 pass from Bennett (Bell kick), 12:47.

Fre FG Stitser 21, 4:02.

Fre Moore 6 run (Stitser kick), 10:55.

Fre Lubinsky 3 pass from Brandstater (Stitser kick), 1:54.

Fre FG Stitser 39, :00.

Fre C.Smith 43 run (Stitser kick), 13:29.

GT Dwyer 36 run (Bell kick), 9:59.

Fre Brandstater 24 run (Stitser kick), 6:29.

GT Dwyer 2 run (Bell kick), 2:11.

GT Donley 20 pass from Booker (Bell kick), 13:06.

Fre C.Smith 32 run (pass failed), 1:50.

A 27,062.

TEAM STATS

GT Fre

First downs 23 29

Rushes-yards 40-161 42-286

Passing 218 285

Comp-Att-Int 17-32-1 23-31-0

Return Yards 10 0

Punts-Avg. 4-37.8 2-12.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1

Penalties-Yards 8-62 10-80

Time of Possession 26:31 33:29

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING

Georgia Tech, Choice 12-69, Dwyer 12-62, Nesbitt 6-37, J.Evans 2-7, Cox 1-3, Booker 3-(minus 6), Bennett 4-(minus 11). Fresno St., C.Smith 18-152, Jenkins 11-46, Brandstater 3-40, Miller 7-38, Moore 2-11, Team 1-(minus 1).

PASSING

Georgia Tech, Bennett 9-15-0-91, Booker 7-15-1-116, Nesbitt 1-2-0-11. Fresno St., Brandstater 23-30-0-285, C.Smith 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING

Georgia Tech, Thomas 4-69, J.Johnson 4-61, G.Smith 3-45, Donley 3-33, Choice 2-6, Cox 1-4. Fresno St., Moore 7-80, B.Pascoe 6-72, C.Smith 4-57, Ajirotutu 2-39, Crawley 1-15, Tapia 1-10, Hamler 1-9, Lubinsky 1-3.

Sun Bowl

No. 23 South Fla 0 14 0 7 21

Oregon 8 10 28 10 56

Ore Strong 7 pass from Roper (Evensen run), 6:28.

USF FG Alvarado 29, 14:49.

Ore FG Evensen 39, 12:08.

USF Johnson 21 pass from Grothe (Ce.Hill pass from Grothe), 7:04.

Ore Stewart 71 run (Evensen kick), 3:17.

USF FG Alvarado 35, :00.

Ore Williams 14 pass from Roper (Evensen kick), 10:17.

Ore Dickson 15 pass from Roper (Evensen kick), 7:35.

Ore Thurmond 25 interception return (Evensen kick), 7:25.

Ore Stewart 8 pass from Roper (Evensen kick), 4:05.

Ore FG Evensen 30, 12:14.

USF Love 11 pass from Gregory (Alvarado kick), 6:34.

Ore M.DiVincenzo 15 interception return (Padilla kick), 3:23.

TEAM STATS

USF Ore

First downs 25 25

Rushes-yards 34-88 43-353

Passing 236 180

Comp-Att-Int 24-47-4 17-30-0

Return Yards 24 75

Punts-Avg. 6-44.2 4-47.5

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1

Penalties-Yards 8-64 13-138

Time of Possession 34:43 25:17

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING

South Florida, Gregory 4-42, Grothe 14-40, Ford 6-8, Taylor 1-7, Johnson 1-2, B.Williams 4-2, Samuels 3-0, team 1-(minus 13). Oregon, Stewart 23-253, Crenshaw 8-52, Kempt 2-23, Maehl 1-20, Roper 3-10, Brown 2-2, Dickson 1-0, Alston 2-0, team 1-(minus 7).

PASSING

South Florida, Grothe 18-35-2-197, Gregory 6-11-2-39, Severino 0-1-0-0. Oregon, Roper 17-30-0-180.

RECEIVING

South Florida, Johnson 4-51, Hester 4-41, Edwards 3-30, Ce.Hill 3-28, Love 3-23, B.Williams 2-(minus 1), Bogan 1-27, Okolie 1-19, Jackson 1-9, Denson 1-6, Samuels 1-3. Oregon, Williams 4-40, Strong 3-36, Maehl 3-2, Stewart 2-29, Dickson 2-16, Jones 1-29, Pflugrad 1-23, Crenshaw 1-5.

Kentucky 7 7 14 7 35

Florida St. 7 7 0 14 28

Ky Tamme 14 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 10:39.

FSU Weatherford 6 run (Cismesia kick), 1:49.

Ky S.Johnson 13 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 8:28.

FSU Carter 24 interception return (Cismesia kick), 3:28.

Ky Little 2 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 6:49.

Ky Dixon 4 run (Seiber kick), :04.

FSU Weatherford 1 run (Cismesia kick), 8:02.

Ky S.Johnson 38 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 5:19.

FSU Carr 7 pass from Weatherford (Cismesia kick), 2:14.

TEAM STATS

Ky FSU

First downs 29 22

Rushes-yards 36-143 33-204

Passing 358 276

Comp-Att-Int 32-50-1 22-50-2

Return Yards 70 40

Punts-Avg. 5-39.8 6-41.7

Fumbles-Lost 5-3 1-0

Penalties-Yards 7-45 10-102

Time of Possession 30:25 29:35

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING

Kentucky, Little 28-152, Dixon 4-17, Woodson 4-(minus 26). Florida St., A.Smith 17-156, Weatherford 12-48, Parker 2-1, Holloway 1-0, Team 1-(minus 1).

PASSING

Kentucky, Woodson 32-50-1-358. Florida St., Weatherford 22-48-2-276, Parker 0-1-0-0, Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING

Kentucky, Little 8-50, S.Johnson 7-124, Burton 7-56, Lyons 5-78, Tamme 3-35, Dixon 1-8, Grinter 1-7. Florida St., Parker 8-105, Carr 6-99, Fagg 5-51, Owens 2-10, A.Smith 1-11.

Independence Bowl

Alabama 20 7 0 3 30

Colorado 0 14 3 7 24

Ala FG Tiffin 41, 11:30.

Ala FG Tiffin 24, 9:13.

Ala Brown 15 pass from Wilson (Tiffin kick), 5:09.

Ala Caddell 34 pass from Wilson (Tiffin kick), 1:31.

Ala Stover 31 pass from Wilson (Tiffin kick), 12:20.

Col DeVree 4 pass from C.Hawkins (Eberhart kick), 2:05.

Col Sprague 25 pass from C.Hawkins (Eberhart kick), :04.

Col FG Eberhart 39, 3:00.

Ala FG Tiffin 26, 4:36.

Col DeVree 14 pass from C.Hawkins (Eberhart kick), 3:51.

A 47,043.

TEAM STATS

Ala Col

First downs 22 19

Rushes-yards 37-132 28-75

Passing 256 322

Comp-Att-Int 19-32-1 24-40-2

Return Yards 17 35

Punts-Avg. 4-45.0 4-25.8

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0

Penalties-Yards 4-21 4-30

Time of Possession 29:39 30:21

MEN

Yesterday

EAST

Canisius 81, Maine 70

Cornell 86, Quinnipiac 84, OT

Georgetown 82, Fordham 55

Penn St. 81, Lehigh 68

Providence 83, St. Peter's 78

Seton Hall 77, Delaware St. 54

Siena 89, Dartmouth 54

SOUTH

Kentucky 92, Fla. International 49

Marshall 76, San Diego 60

Stetson 76, Charleston Southern 70

The Citadel 71, Cornell, Iowa 63

UNC Asheville 94, Montreat 64

Vanderbilt 97, Iona 73

William & Mary 71, Fairfield 50

MIDWEST

Ball St. 69, IPFW 62

Carnegie-Mellon 71, Capital 65

Notre Dame 77, North Florida 58

SOUTHWEST

Angelo St. 88, Incarnate Word 79

Oklahoma St. 82, Northwestern St. 36

Texas A&M 68, Rice 41

FAR WEST

New Mexico St. 86, Alcorn St. 58

WOMEN

Yesterday

EAST

Boston College 78, Northeastern 73

Bucknell 59, Loyola, Md. 56

Connecticut 82, Army 33

Drexel 75, American U. 52

James Madison 100, Wagner 48

Providence 59, Massachusetts 56

St. Francis, NY 63, Colgate 40

Syracuse 72, St. Bonaventure 57

SOUTH

Centenary 74, Sam Houston St. 62

Coll. of Charleston 71, Charleston Southern 39

Louisiana Tech 88, McNeese St. 43

St. Paul's 61, Catawba 59

UCF 65, Stetson 43

MIDWEST

Augustana,S.D. 81, SW Minnesota St. 61

Illinois St. 78, N. Illinois 54

Indiana 84, Northwestern 53

Minn. St., Mankato 83, Nebraska-Kearney 71

South Dakota 90, Chadron St. 51

Wis.-Milwaukee 77, La Salle 61

FAR WEST

Portland St. 72, S. Utah 71

Utah Valley St. 94, Gonzaga 73

PREP WRESTLING

Saturday

ST. JOHN'S INVITATIONAL

Team scores:

St. John's 215.5; Fishers 213.5; Minerva 168; Swanton 156; Perrysburg 136.5; Start 133; Lincolnview 118; Fairview 81; Libbey 57.5; Southview 34; St. John's B 26; Rogers 23.5; Scott 7.

Championship round

(1st through 4th):

103

- McGenn (MV), Mendez (SJ), Schmensa (LV), Sidher (FIS).

112

- Estes (SW), p. Beck (LV) 4:48; Ling (FIS) p. Gray (FIS), 2:37.

119

- K. Leedy (ST), Granatir, Hanf (LV), Allen (MV).

125

- B. Leeedy (ST) p. Becker (MV) 6:52; Lile (FIS) d. Baranby (Rog), 7-3.

130-

Shaw (SW) m.d. Szozda (MV) 11-2; Berry (FIS) p. Jacob (FV) 5:38.

135

- Lutes (MV) d. Meke (FIS) 10-9; Smith SJJ) p, Bezeau (SW) 4:49.

140

- Kreager (SJJ) d. K. Johnson (SW) 9-6; Richardson (PB) d. Buehler (PB) 6-4.

145

- Farrell (FIS) m.d. Kullman (MV) 10-2; Leahy (SW) d. Brake (LV) 3:18.

152

-Hollings (FIS) m.d. Schoen (SJJ) 16-5; Morris (PB d. Davis (FV) 1:42.

160

- Brubaker (ST) d. Bonifas (LV), 15-7; Reiner (SW) s. Darrin (SV), 10-6.

171-

Lux (FIS) d. Monus (SJJ) 8-4; Deer (SJJ) by forfeit.

189

- Meadows (SJJ) d. Larson (FIS); Moyer (PB), Batt (FV).

215

- Lampkin (LB) d. Mueller (SJJ) 4-2; McNutt (sw) m.d. D. Johnson (SW) 11-2;

Heavyweight

- Reynolds (LB) p. Augustyniak (ST) 5:50; MxClellan (SJJ) m.d. Riblet (FV) 11-3.

TIFFIN COLUMBIAN INVITATIONAL

Team scores

: Central Catholic 204; Hilliard Darby 182; St. Francis 145; Fremont Ross 123; Otsego 119.5; Maumee 118; Madison 113.5; Tiffin Columbian 113; Elida 109.5; Mohawk 86; Lancaster 71.5; Upper Sandusky 70; Canal Winchester 63.5; Margaretta 54.5; Fostoria 50; Newark 49; Hopewell-Loudon 39.5; Woodmore 34; Whitmer 24; Van Buren 20.

Central Catholic individual winners

: Dan Cook, 112; Aaron Cook, 125; Mike Nino, 171.

SPORT NOTE

BASKETBALL TICKETS

: Tickets for Friday's high school basketball game between Lakewood St. Edward and St. John's Jesuit will be on sale Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. John's cafeteria.

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

x-New England 16 0 0 1.000 589 274

Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 252 354

N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 268 355

Miami 1 15 0 .063 267 437

South

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Indianapolis 13 3 0 .813 450 262

z-Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 411 304

z-Tennessee 10 6 0 .625 301 297

Houston 8 8 0 .500 379 384

North

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 393 269

Cleveland

10 6 0 .625 402 382

Cincinnati 7 9 0 .438 380 385

Baltimore 5 11 0 .313 275 384

West

W L T Pct PF PA

y-San Diego 11 5 0 .688 412 284

Denver 7 9 0 .438 320 409

Kansas City 4 12 0 .250 226 335

Oakland 4 12 0 .250 283 398

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Dallas 13 3 0 .813 455 325

z-N.Y. Giants 10 6 0 .625 373 351

z-Washington 9 7 0 .563 334 310

Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 336 300

South

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 334 270

Carolina 7 9 0 .438 267 347

New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 379 388

Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 259 414

North

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 435 291

Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 365 311

Detroit

7 9 0 .438 346 444

Chicago 7 9 0 .438 334 348

West

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Seattle 10 6 0 .625 393 291

Arizona 8 8 0 .500 404 399

San Francisco 5 11 0 .313 219 364

St. Louis 3 13 0 .188 263 438

x-clinched conference

y-clinched division

z-clinched wild card

SATURDAY

New England 38, N.Y. Giants 35

SUNDAY

Atlanta 44, Seattle 41

Green Bay 34,

Detroit

Cincinnati 38, Miami 25

Chicago 33, New Orleans 25

Houston 42, Jacksonville 28

Philadelphia 17, Buffalo 9

Carolina 31, Tampa Bay 23

Cleveland

20, San Francisco 7

Washington 27, Dallas 6

San Diego 30, Oakland 17

N.Y. Jets 13, Kansas City 10, OT

Baltimore 27, Pittsburgh 21

Denver 22, Minnesota 19, OT

Arizona 48, St. Louis 19

Tennessee 16, Indianapolis 10

Playoffs

Wild-card Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 5

Washington at Seattle, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)

Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Jan. 6

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tennessee at San Diego, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 12

Seattle, Tampa Bay or N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Tennessee at New England, 8 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 13

San Diego, Pittsburgh or Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tampa Bay, N.Y. Giants or Washington at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

BOWLING

HONOR ROLL

Men 750+

Scott Bailey, Southwyck 826

John Howard, Bowlero 767

Duane McGorty, Rossford 767

Tim Fleitz, Bowlero 758

Charlie Deck, Rossford 758

Women 650+

Shari Gorski, Southwyck 778

Lori Brooks, Bowlero 715

Alicia Rogers, Bowlero 668

Roggie McLair,Rossford 658

tennis

Hyundai Hopman Cup

Perth, Australia

Group B

United States 3, Czech Republic 0

Serena Williams d. Lucie Safarova 6-0, 2-6, 7-5.

Mardy Fish d. Tomas Berdych walkover.

Williams and Fish d. Safarova and Berdych 6-0, retired.

Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts

Gold Coast, Australia

Singles

First Round

Tathiana Garbin d. Nadia Petrova (2) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.

Patty Schnyder (4) d. Alisa Kleybanova 6-1, 6-3.

Yuliana Fedak d. Agnes Szavay (8) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Francesca Schiavone d. Meghann Shaughnessy 0-6, 0-1, retired.

Dinara Safina (3) d. Jarmila Gajdosova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Amelie Mauresmo (6) d. Olga Savchuk 6-1, 6-1.

latest line

NFL Playoffs

Wild Card Round

SEATTLE 3

Washington

Jacksonville 1

PITTSBURGH

Wild Card Round

TAMPA BAY 3 NY Giants

SAN DIEGO 9 Tennessee

College Football Bowl Games

Outback Bowl

Tennessee 1

Wisconsin

Cotton Bowl

Missouri 3

Arkansas

Capital One Bowl

Florida 10

Michigan

Gator Bowl

Texas Tech 6 Virginia

Rose Bowl

Southern Cal 14 Illinois

Sugar Bowl

Georgia 8

Hawaii

Fiesta Bowl

Oklahoma 7

West Virginia

Orange Bowl

Virginia Tech 3

Kansas Saturday, Jan 5th.

International Bowl

Rutgers 10 Ball State

GMAC Bowl

Tulsa 5 Bowling Green

BCS Championship Game

Lsu 4 Ohio State

College Basketball

LOUISVILLE 14

Cincinnati

Clemson 2 ALABAMA

Home Team in CAPS

PREP BASKETBALL

STATISTICS

Coaches are reminded to fax or email team statistics beginning this week. Deadlines are 3 p.m Tuesdays (girls) and 3 p.m. Wednesdays (boys). Faxes should be sent to 419-724-6116. Emails should be sent to highschoolstats@theblade.com.

transactions

BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

Signed RHP Chin-Hui Tsao to a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS

Announced the resignation of Marv Levy, general manager.

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Fired Randy Mueller, general manager. Announced Mike Baugh, assistant director of player personnel, and Rick Thompson, college scouting coordinator, will not return.