MIDWEST FAMILY RADIO SPORTS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2017
NFL
YESTERDAY
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 31, CHICAGO BEARS 3
ATLANTA FALCONS 34, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 20
CINCINNATI BENGALS 30, CLEVELAND BROWNS 16
CAROLINA PANTHERS 35, NEW YORK JETS 27
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 35, MIAMI DOLPHINS 17
BUFFALO BILLS 16, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 10
TENNESSEE TITANS 20, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 16
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 24, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 13
OAKLAND RAIDERS 21, DENVER BRONCOS 14
LOS ANGELES RAMS 26, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 20
ARIZONA CARDINALS 27, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 24
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 31, GREEN BAY PACKERS 28
TONIGHT
HOUSTON TEXANS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS 8:30 PM KICKOFF – 957 & 1400 WSJM SPORTS
STEELERS TOP PACKERS ON LAST-SECOND FIELD GOAL
THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PULLED OUT THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN BY DOWNING THE GREEN BAY PACKERS 31-28 ON CHRIS BOSWELL’S 53-YARD FIELD GOAL AS TIME EXPIRED. THE STEELERS NEEDED THE LATE KICK DESPITE BEN ROETHLISBERGER, WHO THREW FOR 351 YARDS, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS AND TWO INTERCEPTIONS. LE’VEON (LEH’-VEE-AHN) BELL RAN FOR 95 YARDS AND HAD ANOTHER 88 RECEIVING AS PITTSBURGH REMAINED TIED WITH NEW ENGLAND FOR THE AFC’S BEST RECORD.
COLTS LOSE TO TITANS
DEMARCO MURRAY SCORED ON A 1-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN WITH 5:59 LEFT TO PUSH THE TITANS PAST THE COLTS 20-16. TENNESSEE SACKED JACOBY BRISSETT EIGHT TIMES AND DIDN’T ALLOW A POINT AFTER ADAM VINATIERI’S 42-YARD FIELD GOAL PUT INDIANAPOLIS AHEAD 16-6 IN THE THIRD QUARTER. MARCUS MARIOTA (MAR-EE-OH’-TAH) WAS 17 OF 25 FOR 184 YARDS, INCLUDING A TD PASS TO DELANIE WALKER THAT GOT THE TITANS WITHIN 16-13.
BEARS FALL TO EAGLES
CARSON WENTZ TOSSED THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND THE NFL-LEADING PHILADELPHIA EAGLES BEAT THE CHICAGO BEARS 31-3 SUNDAY FOR THEIR NINTH STRAIGHT WIN. THE EAGLES (10-1) REDUCED THEIR MAGIC NUMBER TO CLINCH THE NFC EAST TO ONE WITH THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WIN BY AT LEAST 23 POINTS AND THIRD IN A ROW BY EXACTLY 28. PHILADELPHIA WOULD SECURE ITS FIRST DIVISION TITLE SINCE 2013 IF THE COWBOYS (5-6) LOSE OR TIE WASHINGTON ON THURSDAY NIGHT. WENTZ HAD 227 YARDS PASSING, LEGARRETTE BLOUNT RAN FOR 97 YARDS AND ZACH ERTZ CAUGHT 10 PASSES FOR 103 YARDS AND ONE TD. THE DEFENSE DOMINATED ROOKIE QUARTERBACK MITCHELL TRUBISKY AND THE INEPT BEARS (3-8), HOLDING THEM TO ZERO FIRST DOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF AND 140 TOTAL YARDS IN THE GAME.
COWBOYS CUT MCFADDEN, NUGENT
THE COWBOYS HAVE RELEASED RUNNING BACK DARREN MCFADDEN AND KICKER MIKE NUGENT WHILE SIGNING DEFENSIVE END DATONE JONES AND PROMOTING RUNNING BACK TREY WILLIAMS FROM THE PRACTICE SQUAD. MCFADDEN HAD FALLEN DOWN THE DEPTH CHART AFTER LEADING THE TEAM IN RUSHING TWO YEARS AGO. NUGENT BECAME EXPENDABLE ONCE DAN BAILEY RETURNED FROM A GROIN INJURY ON THURSDAY.
NCAA BASKETBALL
YESTERDAY
#4 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 63, #9 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS 45 (PK80 INVITATIONAL)
MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 87, UC-RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS 42
MICHIGAN STATE WINS “VICTORY BRACKET” AT PK80 INVITATIONAL
JOSHUA LANFORD MADE FIVE 3-POINTERS AND SCORED 23 POINTS, MILES BRIDGES ADDED 11 POINTS AND #4 MICHIGAN STATE TOPPLED #9 NORTH CAROLINA 63-45 TO WIN THE “VICTORY BRACKET” OF THE PK80 INVITATIONAL. TOM IZZO GOT THE BEST OF ROY WILLIAMS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WILLIAMS ARRIVED IN CHAPEL HILL, THANKS TO A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE AT THE DEFENSIVE END BY THE SPARTANS.
NHL
TONIGHT
ANAHEIM DUCKS @ CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS – 8:30 PM
NBA
LAST NIGHT
MIAMI HEAT 100, CHICAGO BULLS 93
HEAT ADD TO BULLS’ WOES
THE CHICAGO BULLS’ MISERABLE START JUST GOT WORSE. THE BULLS ALLOWED JUST SEVEN POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THEY SCORED JUST 13 IN THE PERIOD BEFORE LOSING THEIR FIFTH IN A ROW, 100-93 TO THE HEAT. THE LOSS DROPS CHICAGO TO A LEAGUE-WORST 3-15. GORAN DRAGIC HAD A TEAM-HIGH 24 POINTS FOR MIAMI, WHICH SCORED 38 IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO TAKE A 45-42 HALFTIME LEAD. WAYNE ELLINGTON NAILED FIVE 3-POINTERS AND HAD 19 POINTS OFF THE BENCH AS THE HEAT’S FOUR RESERVES OUTSCORED THEIR FIVE STARTERS. BACKUP JAMES JOHNSON ADDED 15 POINTS, SEVEN REBOUNDS AND SIX ASSISTS AS MIAMI WON ITS THIRD IN A ROW.
TONIGHT
ORLANDO MAGIC @ INDIANA PACERS – 7 PM
DETROIT PISTONS @ BOSTON CELTICS – 7:30 PM
NCAA FOOTBALL
CLEMSON, OKLAHOMA 1-2 IN LATEST AP FOOTBALL POLL
THE NEWLY-RELEASED ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL LOOKS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM LAST WEEK’S FOLLOWING LOSSES BY PREVIOUS NO. 1 ALABAMA AND NO. 2 MIAMI. CLEMSON IS THE NEW LEADER IN THE POLL, FOLLOWED BY OKLAHOMA, UNBEATEN WISCONSIN, AUBURN AND THE CRIMSON TIDE. THE TIGERS PICKED UP 27 FIRST-PLACE VOTES AND MOVED UP THREE SPOTS FOLLOWING SATURDAY’S ROUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SOONERS TOOK 24 FIRST-PLACE VOTES AND THE BADGERS CLAIMED THE REMAINING 10. OKLAHOMA EARNED A 28-POINT WIN OVER WEST VIRGINIA, AND THE BADGERS SHUT OUT MINNESOTA 31-0. AUBURN FAILED TO GET A FIRST-PLACE VOTE DESPITE SATURDAY’S 26-14 WIN OVER ALABAMA. GEORGIA IS SIXTH, MIAMI FELL FROM SECOND TO SEVENTH AND OHIO STATE REMAINS EIGHTH, FOLLOWED BY PENN STATE AND TCU. THE NEW PLAYOFF RANKINGS COME OUT TUESDAY NIGHT.
SUMLIN LET GO BY TEXAS A&M
TEXAS A&M HAS FIRED COACH KEVIN SUMLIN AFTER SIX WINNING SEASONS. THE FIRST BLACK HEAD COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY WAS 51-26 AND 25-23 IN THE SEC. THE AGGIES ENDED THEIR REGULAR SEASON BY LOSING TO LSU TO FINISH 7-5 OVERALL AND FINISHED 4-4 IN THE CONFERENCE FOR THE FOURTH TIME UNDER SUMLIN.
ARIZONA STATE FIRES GRAHAM
ARIZONA STATE HAS FIRED FOOTBALL COACH TODD GRAHAM AFTER SIX SEASONS, FIVE BOWL TRIPS AND A 46-31 RECORD. THE SUN DEVILS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON 7-5 ON SATURDAY BY BEATING RIVAL ARIZONA, A TWO-WIN IMPROVEMENT ON LAST SEASON’S DISAPPOINTING RECORD.
FLORIDA HIRES MULLEN
FLORIDA HAS HIRED MISSISSIPPI STATE’S DAN MULLEN ITS NEXT FOOTBALL COACH. THE EXPECTED MOVE REUNITES THE GATORS WITH MULLEN, WHO SERVED FOUR YEARS AS THEIR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, WINNING TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PROCESS. HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUARTERBACKS ALEX SMITH, TIM TEBOW AND DAK PRESCOTT. MULLEN WAS 69-46 IN NINE YEARS AT STARKVILLE AND IS THE BULLDOGS’ SECOND ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH, BEHIND JACKIE SHERRILL.
SPEIGHT LEAVING MICHIGAN
WILTON SPEIGHT IS LEAVING MICHIGAN AS A GRADUATE TRANSFER. THE SENIOR QUARTERBACK ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM HE WILL TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE HE WILL CONTINUE HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION. SPEIGHT THANKED COACH JIM HARBAUGH FOR UNDERSTANDING HIS DECISION. SPEIGHT WAS OUT FOR TWO MONTHS THIS SEASON AFTER A HIT AT PURDUE CRACKED HIS VERTEBRAE. BRANDON PETERS AND DYLAN MCCAFFREY WILL LIKELY COMPETE TO BE THEWOLVERINES’ QUARTERBACK NEXT SEASON.
NEBRASKA NOT EXPECTING QUICK TURNAROUND
NEBRASKA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BILL MOOS SAYS IT WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS TO RETURN THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM TO THE LEVEL OF COMPETITIVENESS THAT FANS EXPECT. HE SAYS HE HAS A LIST OF A HALF-DOZEN NAMES OF COACHES HE THINKS COULD GET THE JOB DONE. MIKE RILEY WAS FIRED SATURDAY AFTER A 4-8 SEASON ENDED WITH LOSSES IN SIX OF THE LAST SEVEN GAMES.
TENNESSEE PULLS JOB OFFER FROM SCHIANO
TENNESSEE IS NO LONGER PURSUING OHIO STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR GREG SCHIANO TO BE THE SCHOOL’S NEW HEAD COACH, A PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THE SCHOOL AND SCHIANO WERE CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT EARLIER SUNDAY, BUT THE DEAL FELL APART AFTER WIDESPREAD BACKLASH THAT INCLUDED A PROTEST ON CAMPUS AND COMPLAINTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM FANS, STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES, STEMMING FOR SCHIANO’S TIME AT PENN STATE WITH JERRY SANDUSKY.
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
LAST NIGHT
105TH GREY CUP
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 27, CALGARY STAMPEDERS 24
TORONTO RALLIES IN SNOW TO BEAT CALGARY FOR 105TH GREY CUP
A 32-YARD FIELD GOAL WITH 49-SECONDS LEFT LIFTED THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS TO A STUNNING 27-24 WIN OVER THE FAVORED CALGARY STAMPEDERS IN THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE’S SNOWY 105TH GREY CUP. TORONTO TIED IT WITH 4:35 TO GO ON CASSIUS VAUGHN’S GREY CUP-RECORD 109-YARD FUMBLE RETURN AND RICKY RAY’S 2-POINT CONVERSION PASS TO DECLAN CROSS. AFTER THE FIELD GOAL, MATT BLACK PICKED OFF BO LEVI MITCHELL’S PASS IN THE END ZONE TO SEND THE STAMPEDERS TO THEIR SECOND LOSS IN TWO YEARS IN THE TITLE GAME. LAST YEAR, THEY FELL TO OTTAWA 39-33 IN OVERTIME. TORONTO WON ITS RECORD-EXTENDING 17 CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE 38-YEAR-OLD RAY BECAME THE FIRST STARTING QUARTERBACK TO WIN FOUR GREY CUP TITLES.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FORD FIELD, DETROIT
FRIDAY
DIVISION 4 – GRAND RAPIDS CATHOLIC CENTRAL 42, EDWARDSBURG 31
SATURDAY
DIVISION 7 – PEWAMO-WESTPHALIA 21, SAUGATUCK 0
