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SPORTS
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Monday, Decembers, 2005
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SPORTS
BRIEFING
BY RALPH 0. RUSSO
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES—A perfect
in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3.
The Fighting Irish are back in the
BCS after a five-year absence.
of the hype. The
much-maligned
BCS finally got it
right and we as a
football-loving
nation are better
for it. And that is
not always the
case. Take last sea-
son for example.
What was expected simple. Texas didn’t feel like hang-
right, during the third quarter Sunday in Baltimore. The Ravens won 16-15.
Texans fall apart late in
16-15 loss at Baltimore
across the nation
will get to see a
game that is worthy before 9 p.m. as USC thoroughly
embarrassed the Oklahoma. Now it
is the Longhorn’s turn to take their
shot on behalf of the Big 12.
To say that the Longhorns made a
statement Saturday does not do jus-
tice to the power of the written word.
If a picture is worth a thousand
words then you can only imagine
what a 70-3 score says. The reason
that the game was even that close is
By right of tradition, USC will
defend their national championship
in the familiar confines of the Rose
Bowl. By right of destiny, Texas will
return to the Rose Bowl in their bid
for the first national championship
since 1970.
Sunday it was made official that
the Trojans and Longhorns would
play for the title. The match-up that
was anticipated at the beginning of
the season has now become reality.
After watching Texas yesterday 1
can’t help but think that football fans
MORNING digest
Texas falls to Duke
AUSTIN, Texas — Top-
ranked Duke knew the Texas
Longhorns were better than
their 41-point loss to
Tennessee a few days earlier.
Good enough to give the
Blue Devils a pretty good
fight, just not good enough —
or experienced enough — to
win it.
Monique Currie scored 23
points and Duke survived a
surge from No. 16 Texas’ new
freshmen-heavy lineup for a
tough 84-70 victory Sunday.
— The Associated Press
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ON THE AIR
Today
^College basketball
• Jimmy V Classic (w):
Connecticuit vs. North
Carolina. ESPN2. 6:30 p.m.
• Rice vs. Texas. FSNH.
7 p.m.
• Minnesota at Arizona
State, FSNH, 9:30 p.m.
Figure skating
• Cup of Russia, ESPN, 8
p.m.
Pro basketball
• Minnesota at Utah. NBA
TV. 8 p.m.
Pry football
• Seattle at Philadelphia,
Ch. 13, 8 p.m.
Pro golf
• PGA: Q-School, Golf,
11:30 a.m.
Pro hockey
• NHL: Minnesota at N.Y.
Rangers, OLN, 6 p.m.
Rodeo
•PRC A: Wrangler National
Finals, ESPN2, 3,9,11 p.m.
gripe over. Only Oregon has a case
to complain, as the Pac-10 has a 10-
1 team left out of the marquee bowls will decide the national title in the
for a second straight season.
“1 certainly understand that there
The relocated Sugar Bowl will be
played in Atlanta after being chased
from New Orleans by Hurricane
Katrina, making it a quick and famil-
iar trip for Southeastern Conference
champion Georgia and its fans.
BY DAVID PORTER
Associated Press Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — For once,
the New York Giants’ offense didn’t have to
manufacture a last-minute comeback.
Instead, their defense stopped one by
Dallas.
The Giants built a 17-0 lead Sunday and
then hung on to beat the Cowboys 17-10 to
take sole possession of first place in the
NFC East.
In four games this season, New York (8-4)
has rallied from deficits late in the fourth
quarter behind the timely passing of Eli
Manning. With the second-year quarterback
struggling Sunday, the Giants relied on a
defense that produced four sacks, two inter-
ceptions and two fumbles and pressured
Drew Bledsoe into a 15-for-39 perfor-
mance.
Antonio Pierce returned one of the fum-
bles for a 12-yard touchdown on the first
play of the second half to give New York a
17-0 lead. Defensive tackle Kendrick
Clancy forced the fumble when he got into
the backfield a split second after Bledsoe
received the snap and attempted to hand off
to Julius Jones.
The ball bounced out of the pile right into
Pierce’s hands and the middle linebacker
ran into the end zone untouched.
“I didn’t know he was in the end zone,”
Clancy said. “I didn’t know the ball was
fumbled or if he was just running. I saw it
when I looked at the replay up on the
screen.” .
Bledsoe had a different take on Clancy's
play.
“It seemed like he was offside,” he said.
“He jumped the snap count pretty good. He
almost took the handoff from me.”
The play loomed huge when Dallas (7-5)
closed within a touchdown in the third quar-
ter on a 34-yard field goal by Billy Cundiff
and a 7-yard touchdown pass from Bledsoe
to Terry Glenn.
But unlike in earlier losses to Dallas,
Minnesota and Seattle, New York’s defense
held fast in the final minutes. Safety Gibril
Wilson tipped Bledsoe’s pass intended for
Key shawn Johnson and Brent Alexander
intercepted with 1:47 left.
the day for Houston with three
sacks.
SHANTEEORR
THE WEEK’S GAMES
Today
Junior High girls
basketball
• 7B Baytown Jr. vs. North
Shore, 5 p.m.
• 7A Baytown Jr, vs. North
Shore, 6:15 p.m.
• 7B Gentry vs.
Cunningham, 4:30 p.m.
• 7A Gentry vs.
, Cunningham, 6 p.m.
• 7B Cedar Bayou vs.
.Galena Park, 4:30 p.m.
• 7A Cedar Bayou vs.
Galena Park, 6 p.m.
• 7B Highlands Jr. vs.
Crosby, 4:30 p.m.
• 7A Highlands Jr. vs.
Crosby, 6 p.m.
• 7B Horace Mann vs. C.E.
King, 4:30 p.m.
• 7A Horace Mann vs. C.E.
King, 6 p.m.
• 8B Baytown Jr. vs. North
Shore, 4:30 p.m.
• 8A Baytown Jr. vs. North
Shore. 6 p.m.
• 8B Cedar Bayou vs.
Galena Park. 5 p.m.
• 8A Cedar Bayou vs.
Galena Park, 6:15 p.m.
• 8B Gentry vs.
Cunningham, 5 p.m.
• 8A Gentry vs.
Cunningham, 6:15 p.m.
• 8B Highlands Jr. vs.
Crosby, 5 p.m.
I • 8A Highlands Jr. vs.
Crosby, 6:15 p.m.
• 8B Horace Mann vs. C.E,
King, 5 p.m.
• 8A Horace Mann vs. C.E.
King, 6:15 p.m.
A Freshman boys basketball
- • 9B RSS vs. La Porte,
4 p.m,
- • 9A RSS vs. La Porte,
'5:30 p.m.
have every year,” BCS coordi- .
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championship game, a classic coach- Kevin Weiberg said Sunday. “I must
ing matchup and Notre Dame. ' ‘ '
The Bowl Championship Series
couldn’t have asked for more — a
BALTIMORE — Another
Week, another late fourth-quar-
: ter,collapse by the Houston
Texans.
For the second week in a row, Louis and lost in overtime,
the Texans blew a lead late in
the game, losing 16-15 to the
Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
Kris Brown’s fifth field goal
with 1:08 left put Houston
ahead 15-13 and in position for
its second win of the season.
Bowl Championship gets the glitz without the griping
are teams that are not in these four the country,” Texas coach Mack ningest coaches, septuagenarians Joe
are teams that are not in these four the country,” Texas coach Mack
games that have had a great seasons, Brown said of the two-time defend- Paterno of Penn State and Bobby
°e how Avfli-v ''«<»- ” we- ing champion trojans. “They’ve just Bowden of Florida State, will meet
blown out people out right and left twt n. t™ a
and that will be challenge for us. But
that’s fun.
"For Texas not to be in the national Charlie Weis’team faces Ohio State
championship game for 36 years and in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2.
to see where (USC coach) Pete — •
Southern California and Texas, the (Carroll ) has brought their program
the last three years, that’s where we
want to be That’s where we want to
go.”
Major college football’s two win-
Anticipation becomes reality for Texas
ing a hundred. And I wish they
would have.
Colorado’s program has been a
stain on the honor of the Big 12 in
recent years. The football team has
been a public relations nightmare
and their play was an embarrass-
ment. 1 did not hear what head coach
Gary Barnett said coming off of the
field on ABC. What he should have
said was, T am sorry that you have
to watch us play.’ Not that anybody
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS before Matt Stover kicked the
game-winning 38-yard field .
goaf with 6 seconds remaining.
A week ago, the Texans (1-
11) blew a 10-point lead in the
closing minutes against St.
“It does hurt to be so close.
Your emotions are there and,
you're just ready to go home
with the win and you can't
bring it in. We just have to find
a way to bring it home,” said
Texans linebacker Shantee Orr,
But the Texans couldn’t hold on. one of few bright spots on
With 64 seconds left in the ‘k~
ganje and no timeouts. Ravens sacks,
quarterback Kyle Boiler moved
his team 67 yards in eight plays SEE TEXANS • PAGE 8
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nator and Big 12 commissioner
say that there’s a lot of consensus
that we have quality matchups
among highly regarded teams in this
glitzy lineup with little for critics to year’s BCS games.”
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