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Superbowl winner Marshawn Lynch says Jarryd Hayne failed to make it in American football because of the cultural divide between the NRL and NFL. Carlos Santana Jersey .The code-hopping league star left the San Francisco 49ers in May in a bid to qualify for the Rio Olympics with the Fiji Rugby Sevens team.Lynch, in Australia to promote the US College Football season opener in Sydney this weekend, said on Thursday that while he was in awe of Haynes athletic prowess, there was too deep of a cultural chasm for him to cross.Hes a good athlete, Lynch said.I just think the culture of the game out here didnt translate back in the states.The recently-retired Seattle Seahawks running back is in Sydney with his old alma mater University of California ahead of the Golden Bears first game of the season against the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at ANZ Stadium.The man known as Beast Mode made a surprise appearance at South Sydney training at Redfern Oval, leaving several members of the Rabbitohs squad starstruck.Lynchs PR man Grant Vandanberg also manages Souths co-owner Russell Crowe and shocked club officials late on Wednesday by informing them Lynch would be doing a last-minute photo op.Lynch took a handful of questions from journalists, however needed Rabbitohs big man Sam Burgess to translate because he couldnt understand the Australian media accents.He said Hayne was responsible for lifting the profile of American football in the country and he owed him a debt of thanks.Id tell him thank you if he was standing here right now, Lynch said of Hayne.Because as Ive been roaming throughout the city, a lot of people have been saying `thats that American football playing guy.And I think his awareness brought it out. 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JD Miller added 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting.TCU (2-0) has easily won its first two games under Dixon, who returned to Fort Worth after spending 17 seasons at Pittsburgh, including the last 13 as head coach. He won his debut three nights earlier, defeating NAIAs St. Thomas by 18.Our guys are trying, but everything is new, he said. I say some things, and I think they understand -- and then I catch myself and recognize they havent been through it. They havent used our terminology. Its new to them.Dixon said he was more pleased with his teams defensive effort, other than a brief letdown in the second half. TCU gave up just 15 points in the first-half to Alabama State (0-2), the ninth-fewest points allowed in any half by a TCU team.An early 8-0 run gave the Frogs a cushion they never would relinquish. Eleven players saw the court in the first half for TCU, which closed with an 18-2 run over the final 4:10 to go up by 32 at the break.TCU maintained at least a 30-point lead throughout the second half, and even Dixon admitted there wasnt much for him to nitpick about the Horned Frogs performance.Were on schedule, he said. Yeah, I would have liked to have everything done by Nov. 11, but its just not how its going to work with a new group. We have to progress each day and take advantage of every opportunity.Tony Armstrong led Alabama State with 18 points and eight rebounds. Rodney Siimeon added 13 points after scoring 25 in the opener for the Hornets. Ricky Vaughn Jersey. IG PICTUREAlabama State: The Hornets struggled in the first half for the second consecutive game. After shooting just 20 percent from the field in the first half in their opener, the Hornets managed only 28 percent from the field in the first half against TCU.TCU: TCUs huge leads allowed Dixon to continue experimenting with his rotation, subbing out four of his starters less than seven minutes into the game. Five players scored in double figures for the Horned Frogs.HIGHLIGHT REELTCUs Miller had perhaps the play of the game -- and it came early. The sophomore drove past a defender along the baseline for a two-handed slam, drawing a foul along the way. His free throw extended TCUs lead to 11-4.SHARING THE BALLDixon complimented his teams ball movement, pointing to TCUs 29 assists on 37 field goals. Newcomers Fisher, a freshman, and Alex Robinson, a Texas A&M transfer, each finished with eight assists. Weve got guys who can find guys, Dixon said.UP NEXTAlabama State stays on the road, playing next week at Louisiana Tech and Kennesaw State. 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DETROIT -- Amid all his talk about taking things one game at a time and staying focused on the process, Western Michigan coach P. Twins Jerseys From China .J. Fleck acknowledged reality.Yes, his players realize how significant this opportunity is.Were not going to sit there and trick them -- they know how big this is, Fleck said. Theyre very mature. Theyve been through a lot. They understand exactly where they are, and how hard it is to get to this point.The 13th-ranked Broncos take on Ohio on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference title game, with a chance to win WMUs first league championship since 1988. Theres more at stake than just that, of course. At No. 17 in the playoff rankings, the Broncos are trying to hold off No. 19 Navy for the Group of Five spot in a New Years Six bowl.For Ohio, this game is about more than just being a spoiler. The Bobcats (8-4) have an even longer title drought than WMU (12-0). Ohio hasnt won the MAC since 1968.I feel like there are some sleepers out there that may not think that we belong here on this stage playing this game, Ohio defensive end Tarell Basham said. Were going to play hard, physical, were going to be enthusiastic about it, and were going to show all those people that this is exactly where Ohio needs to be.The MAC title game had the same matchup for the past three years -- Northern Illinois against Bowling Green. The presence of two new teams -- one of which is undefeated and playing in its home state -- has added some significant buzz. WMU athletic director Kathy Beauregard said as of Thursday morning, ticket sales had exceeded 46,000, which would almost triple the attendance at Ford Field for last seasons championship game.Its fun to be a part of this, and fun to have this opportunity, and also to see the pride in the community, WMU quarterback Zach Terrell said.Here are a few things to watch when WMU and Ohio play for that elusive conference title:NO LOBBYINGFleck hasnt gotten too involved in the debate over where WMU should be in the rankings. He said Thursday that trying to lobby publicly probably would be pointless.Our body of work speaks for itself, Fleck said. I think everybody understands how hard it is to go undefeated, even to get to this point, especially with the coaches that are on the (playoff) committee, former coaches. But Im not going to say anything thats going to make them think differently.PRESSUREFrom the moment they beat Northwestern 22-21 in the season opener, the Broncos had a chance for a special season -- and plenty of people realized it even then. The players have had to avoid getting too far ahead of themselves.The question after Northwestern was, `So you guys think you can go undefeated? I mean, we are 1-0, Fleck said. And these guys have had to handle all those questions the entire year.LINE OF SCRIMMAGEOhio has 41 sacks on the season, and Basham has 11. He was named MAC defensive player of the year, while WMU receiver Corey Davis earned offensive player of the year honors.WMU has allowed only 12 sacks this season, so the Bobcats upset hopes could hinge on their ability to rush the passer. Ohio also has the top-ranked run defense in the MAC.Were not concerned about where were at in terms of an underdog and how most people are looking at it and whats in store for us, Ohio coach Frank Solich said. Were excited about the opportunity, well play our best football, and well see what happens.RECORD SETTERDavis is the career FBS leader with 5,068 yards receiving. He broke the mark held by Trevor Insley of Nevada during last weeks victory over Toledo.TURNOVERSThe Broncos are plus-18 in turnover margin, thanks to the fact that theyve given the ball away only five times. Terrell has thrown one interception all season (with 30 touchdown passes) and although WMU has 17 fumbles, it has lost only four of them.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 .---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Wholesale Twins Jerseys . 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Especially not in a game of this magnitude.Liufau threw for 345 yards, rushed for 108 more and scored three touchdowns as No. 12 Colorado beat No. 20 Washington State 38-24 on Saturday in a matchup of unlikely Pac-12 division leaders.Phillip Lindsay added 144 yards rushing and two TDs for the Buffaloes (9-2, 7-1, No. 10 CFP), who can wrap up the Pac-12 South and a spot in the conference title game by beating Utah at home next week.A loss would give the South to No. 15 Southern California, which stayed in the race by routing rival UCLA 36-14 on Saturday night for its seventh straight victory.It means the world to go out there and win, keep our hopes alive, said Liufau, who had 23 carries. Its more fun than anything. Weve been in close games for a long time now. Weve gotten a little older and a little better at being consistent and executing.Liufau briefly left in the fourth quarter only to return and pick up a crucial third-and-short that led to a game-sealing TD run by Lindsay. Liufau becomes the second-ever Colorado QB to throw for 300 and rush for 100 in a game, joining Steven Montez, who accomplished the feat at Oregon in September while filling in for a banged-up Liufau.Sefo got hit on the hip and was hurting, Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said. He played really well. He played like I figured Sefo would.Luke Falk threw for 325 yards and three scores for Washington State (8-3, 7-1, No. 22 CFP), which had won eight in a row. The Cougars can still win the North Division with a victory against No. 7 Washington next week.I just thought we were incohesive as far as doing our jobs, Washington State coach Mike Leach said.Colorados defense stepped up after the Buffaloes fell behind 24-21 late in the third quarter. The next four Washington State drives went like this: Turned the ball over on downs, punt, fumble and interception.We lost focus and in the second half we buckled down, said defensive back Chidobe Awuzie, whose team snapped a 23-game skid against ranked teams.Washington State and Colorado werent really expected to be in position for a division title this late into November. The Cougars were picked to finish foourth in the North during the preseason conference poll and the Buffaloes last in the South. Youth Twins Jerseys. Leachs gambling mentality cost the Cougars a possible field goal when he went for it on fourth-and-4 in the fourth quarter. Colorado safety Nick Fisher tackled receiver Kyle Sweet short of the first down.Earlier, Leach rolled the dice on fourth-and-1 at his own 41 and Jamal Morrow rewarded his faith by gaining 30 yards. John Thompson later hauled in a 7-yard TD pass to give the Cougars a 24-21 lead.The Cougars finished 2 of 4 on fourth-down attempts.We were close on two of those, Leach said. One of them I probably should have kicked a field goal. In the end, it probably wouldnt have mattered.TAKEAWAYSWashington State: Standout receiver River Cracraft didnt play because of whats been reported as a torn ACL suffered last week. The Cougars made up for his absence by spreading around the wealth. Ten different players caught at least one pass.Colorado: The defense came up big in the fourth quarter with the only two sacks of Falk. This after being dealt a big blow in the first quarter when safety Afolabi Laguda was ejected for targeting.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Buffaloes have dubbed this season The Rise. That should continue in the polls. Hard to see Washington State dropping much after this thriller.1,000-YARD CLUBLindsay went over the 1,000-yard mark for the season, becoming the first Colorado running back to accomplish the feat since 2010.It was a great feeling knowing that I helped my team win, Lindsay said. Ill put my body on the line for them.AIRING IT OUTFalk topped the 300-yard mark for the 23rd time in his career.We had a couple miscues, a couple miscommunications, and who knows how it would be? Falk said. But it didnt happen.UP NEXTWashington State: The annual Apple Cup takes on added importance on Friday. The Pac-12 North title will be at stake.Colorado: Close out the regular season by hosting Utah on Saturday. 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As a result, Los Angeles had to fill the rotation with reclamation projects, and is heading for its worst season in Mike Scioscias 17-year tenure as manager.The Mariners face a similar problem as they prepare to meet the Angels on Wednesday night in the third installment of their four-game series.Left-hander James Paxton, scratched from his start Tuesday night, went on the disabled list with a bruised left elbow. Paxton was hit in the elbow by a line drive in his last start Aug. 7. With right-hander Nathan Karns also on the disabled list because of a strained lower back and right-hander Taijuan Walker pitching at Triple-A Tacoma after fighting tendinitis in his right foot all season, manager Scott Servais must scramble for replacements.Its challenging, Servais told the Seattle Times. Teams have done it before. You are trying to plug guys in there to keep you in games and suck up innings. Fortunately for us, our bullpen has been very good lately. 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Skaggs gave up seven runs and 10 hits in five innings Friday night during the Cleveland Indians 13-3 rout, which included seven stolen bases while Skaggs was on the mound and eight for the game.On May 4, 2014, Skaggs allowed six runs and eight hits in just 2 2/3 innings of a 14-3 loss to the Texas Rangers.After Friday nights game, Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez told reporters through a translator that his teammates could use Skaggs delivery to decipher his pickoff move easily. When a reporter asked outfielder Rajai Davis whether Skaggs was tipping his move, Davis winked. Davis and Ramirez each had three steals.Hopefully, this will be a bump in the road 10 years from now, when hes hopefully still pitching, Angels manager Mike Scioscia told the Los Angeles Times. Tylers stuff is there. Hes competing well and his confidence has grown.That start was Skaggs fourth since returning from Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss a season and a half. 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The numbers showed him completing 12 of 21 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions, the last snuffing out a final drive that seemingly had the Tigers in position for a field goal--Will the rebuilt offensive line find early season continuity after some shuffling during preseason camp?Again the first-game returns yielded a negative response, which contributed to Harris troubles and those of the offense as a whole. The Tigers also will be without Josh Bouette, who started at right guard, for his late hit in the loss to the Badgers.--Will new defensive coordinator Dave Aranda be able to return the defense to the elite level it enjoyed when LSU was a national-championship contender at the start of the decade?Though the defense yielded just 16 points and created three turnovers, it also allowed the Badgers to hold the ball for the majority of the game (36 minutes, 57 seconds).The defense was better than Harris and the offensive line, but still not good enough for LSU to win a game it had every opportunity to win.As a defensive backfield, we killed the team because we know that we needed the offense to get the ball back and we just didnt make the plays when we needed, cornerback TreDavious White said. That definitely hurts because I know how hard the whole team worked the whole time.As a result, the Tigers performance fell well short of what one would expect from team ranked No. 5 in the preseason poll.We knew what was at stake this season, LSU cornerback TreDavious White said. Our goal is to win it all and to go undefeated. Its a hurtful feeling.The Tigers also got off to a slow start with their running game, and the plan to lessen the burden on junior running back Leonard Fournette proved futile. He had 23 of the teams 29 rushes and netted more rushing yards (138) than the Tigers wound up with as a team (126).He tweaked an ankle on his last carry, a 15-yard run to Wisconsins 30-yard line, and had to come out of the game. He is considered a game-day decision per whether or not he will play against the Gamecocks.Other than that, one of running back Derrius Guices two runs ended in a fumble that Wisconsin took advantage of for its first field goal and Harris four runs, only one was by design. He ended up with a minus-15 yards rushing.Though an FCS level program, Jacksonville State is not a team to be taken lightly, especially by a fragile LSU team.The Gamecocks took Auburn to overtime last year before losing the 27-20 decision.No. 5 in both major FCS polls this time around, the Gamecocks got their season off to a good start with a 31-12 victory over North Alabama last week.Senior quarterback Eli Jenkins accounted for 331 yards in total offense (230 passing, 102 rushing) and former Auburn running back Roc Thomas, who transferred last summer, had 71 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries.Thomas is one of two Jacksonville State running backs with SEC experience. 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Ive made friends and talked to people I never otherwise would have solely because of a shared athletic allegiance.Thanks to the genius of Bill Belichick and the talent of Tom Brady, the New England Patriots -- and their impressive four Super Bowl titles since 2002 -- have helped provide one such space. From sitting in the freezing cold at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, watching a hard-fought victory, to commiserating after a Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants at a dive bar in Boston, the Patriots have created a community for fans where the team is first and politics and other differences fall by the wayside.But now Im conflicted, and I feel as if my sports utopia has been tarnished. Like many Americans, I voted for Hillary Clinton to be our next president, and like most of those voters, Im disappointed and angered with the outcome of Tuesdays election. I dont need to explain why I supported Clinton over Donald Trump. 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Hopefully tomorrows election results will give the opportunity to make America great again.While Brady has since hedged his support and now claims his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, haas asked him to no longer speak about politics, Belichick admitted he wrote the letter but said it was not politically motivated?and instead cited his longtime friendship with Trump as the basis for his endorsement. Buy Cheap Jets Jerseys. After briefly addressing Trump during their Wednesday morning news conferences, both Brady and Belichick used their remaining time to try to steer the conversation back to football. Belichick began answering more campaign questions with Seattle, in reference to the teams opponent on Sunday.While Im usually entertained by the Patriot Way and Belichicks terse answers to reporters, Im just not satisfied with this. Trump explicitly stated that both men gave him the OK to share their endorsements with the crowd in New Hampshire. 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We keep getting closer, and thats the idea here. And its been fun.The skidding Blue Jays dropped out of first place for the first time since Aug. 12. They fell a game behind new division leader Boston, which won 7-2 in San Diego.Were right in it. We just need either a big play or a big hit somewhere to get us going back in the right direction, catcher Russell Martin said. Youre not going to see any panic from me.Marcus Stroman (9-7) struck out eight in five innings but the Blue Jays lost for the fifth time in six games. They were swept for the third time this season, first since May 16-18 by Tampa Bay.Torontos power-packed lineup has been blanked on six occasions this year, three at Yankee Stadium.Making an unexpected run at the playoffs after trading several veteran stars for prospects this summer, the youth-infused Yankees (73-65) climbed a season-best eight games above .500. They were finally able to finish off a sweep, too.The Yankees had lost in each of their previous seven attempts at a series sweep of at least three games and were 2-9 in those situations this season before wiping out the Blue Jays.Were playing really good baseball. Were excited for this last month, McCann said.Helped by two double plays, Mitchell (1-0) yielded four hits over five-plus innings in his fourth career start and first major league outing this season. The 25-year-old right-hander pitched in place of injured rookie Chad Green.It feels weird coming back at this point in the season, Mitchell said.Mitchell was promoted Tuesday from Triple-A after missing much of the year because of an injury to his left big toe sustained late in spring training. He entered 0-3 in the majors, working mostly in relief for New York over the past two years, but became the third Yankees rookie to have a scoreless start in the past three-plus weeks.I dont think you could ask for any more, Girardi said.A leadoff double by Devon Travis in the sixth ended Mitchells night before Severino tossed three innings of one-hit ball.Travis got caught breaking for third on Josh Donaldsons comebacker and was tagged out in a rundown. Severino was aided by a replay reversal in the seventh, and Edwin Encarnacion flied out to the right-field wall with a runner on to end the eighth.Clippard, filling in as the closer with Dellin Betances and Adam Warren unavailable, struck out two in a perfect ninth to finish the five-hitter. His only other save this season came with Arizona before he was traded back to New York.Castro hit his 20th homer with two outs in the third. 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PITTSBURGH -- Ivan Nova has developed a pre-game ritual since coming to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees in a trade on Aug. 1.The right-hander walks up to right fielder Gregory Polanco in the dugout just before the first pitch and asks him to hit a home run.He hit two for me today, Nova said with a smile.Nova took a shutout into the ninth inning and finished with a six-hitter while Polanco hit two home runs to lead the Pirates to a 7-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.Nova (10-6) struck out six, walked one and threw 69 of his 98 pitches for strikes while improving to 3-0 in four starts with the Pirates.It was the fourth complete game of the right-handers seven-year career with the others coming in 2013.He was very efficient with his pitches, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. He threw a lot of really good sinkers against a very good-hitting team with a lot of right-handed hitters and he locked them up with the ball away.His bid for his third career shutout ended when Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve led off the ninth with consecutive doubles.Pittsburgh snapped its four-game losing streak and stopped Houstons four-game winning streak. Both teams entered 3 1/2 games out of the second wild card in their respective leagues.Nova is doing his best to keep the Pirates hopes of a fourth consecutive postseason appearance alive after being traded for the first time in his career.You dont want to get traded, Nova said. This is not what I was looking for. Stuff like that happens, though. Im happy to be here. 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The only other time it happened was from 1944-47.The Hoosiers also earned their back-to-back bowl bids since 1990 and 1991 and won four conference games for the first time since 2001.All it took Saturday was a 1-yard touchdown plunge from Devine Redding with 4:59 to go, two forced turnovers in the final 66 seconds and the addition of one more bronze block I added to the chain that fits neatly inside the prized trophy.And in a season full of drama, it was a fitting way for the Hoosiers to snap a two-game losing streak and earn their elusive sixth victory.The Boilermakers (3-9, 1-8) certainly had some chances to end their losing streak at six.They scored the first touchdown of the day, would have tied the score at halftime if not for a missed extra point, took a 22-17 lead with a 31-yard TD pass from David Blough to DeAngelo Yancey to open the third quarter before missing the 2-point conversion attempt.Then it all unraveled.Indiana closed to 22-20 on a 46-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter and retook the lead on Reddings go-ahead score.Purdues final possession ended when Jonathan Crawford picked off Blough in the end zone on fourth-and-14 from the Hoosiers 27-yard line.There was no doubt in my mind we were going to punch it in, Blough said. 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