11/16/2008 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shayne Graham's 47-yard field goal attempt with seven seconds left in overtime was wide right, and the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals played to a 13-13 final, the first tie in the NFL since 2002.
Donovan McNabb was picked off three times, tying a career-high, and lost a fumble while completing 28-of-57 passes for 339 yards with one touchdown for the Eagles (5-4-1), who played to their first tie 11 years to the day after their last stalemate, a 10-10 final in Baltimore against the Ravens.
T.J. Houshmandzadeh had 12 catches for 149 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals (1-8-1), who squandered a 13-3 lead and earned their first tie since November 9, 1969. That game, a 31-31 finish at Houston against the Oilers, happened before the AFL and NFL merged, and before the NFL adopted the sudden-death rule for overtime games.
There apparently is something in the November air that inspires deadlocks; the last tie in the NFL was a 34-34 final between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons on November 10, 2002.
<< Live and let Addai: Indy RB helps Colts edge Texans
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joseph Addai rushed for 105 yards and a
touchdown, adding 48 yards and a receiving score on four catches, as
Indianapolis snuck past Houston, 33-27, at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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<< Jacobs, Bradshaw help Giants run over Ravens
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw
powered a Giants rushing attack that piled up 207 yards on the vaunted Ravens
run defense, as New York kept rolling with a 30-10 pounding of Baltimore.
Jacobs g
<< Kaka helps AC Milan keep pace with Inter
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kaka converted a penalty kick in the 15th
minute to give AC Milan a 1-0 win over Chievo at the San Siro on Sunday,
keeping the Rossoneri within one point of league-leaders Inter Milan.
The penalt
<< Bucs edge Vikings to keep pace in NFC South
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Bryant kicked four field goals and B.J.
Askew rushed for his first-career touchdown as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers edged
the Minnesota Vikings, 19-13, at Raymond James Stadium.
Jeff Garcia completed 23-
Barca tops Recreativo to extend unbeaten run to 16 >>
Andalusia, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lionel Messi and Seydou Keita scored in the
second half as Barcelona topped Recreativo 2-0 on Sunday in Spain's La Liga to
open a three-point gap atop the standings and extend its unbeaten streak to 16.
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Lyon edges Bordeaux to open seven-point lead >>
Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Karim Benzema and Kim Kallstrom scored in the
first half and Lyon held on for a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux on Sunday, a result
that may catapult the seven-time defending Ligue 1 champions to another title.
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Gators sink Braves with three-point show >>
Gainesville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Werner scored 17 points on 6-of-11
shooting to lead the Florida Gators to a convincing 81-58 victory over the
Bradley Braves in the 2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.
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Landry leads No. 25 Wisconsin past Long Beach State >>
Madison, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marcus Landry scored 23 points on 7-of-10
shooting, and 25th-ranked Wisconsin held on for a 68-61 win over Long Beach
State in the Badgers' season-opener.
Jason Bohannon scored 12 points, but made
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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