Archive for November, 2009

Peyton Leads Colts to 11th Victory

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The Houston Texans came to play on Sunday as they faced off against the 10-0 Indianapolis Colts. After two first quarter touchdowns and two second quarter field goals, the Colts found themselves down 20-7 at the half, but they reeled off 28 unanswered points that included two Manning TD passes and a defensive touchdown to [...]

Young Prevails in Rose Bowl Rematch

Monday, November 30th, 2009

In the seventh game of the season, the Tennessee Titans sat at a league worst 0-6 and made the switch from Kerry Collins to the 2006 Rose Bowl winning quarterback Vince Young and the rest, up till now, is history. They had foura row prior to yesterday’s showdown with the Matt Leinartled Arizona Cardinals. (Warner was [...]

Houston, Keenum Hang 73 on Rice

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Behind Case Keenum’s 323 yard, 2 touchdown performance in the first half, the Houston Cougars routed the visiting Rice Owls 73-14. In the first quarter, the Cougars took a 24-0 lead after they returned a kick and an interception for touchdowns and Keenum snuck in from a yard out to give them the early cushion. [...]

NCAA Rivalry Week Peppered With Upsets

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Just as was happening left and right in the first 5 weeks or so of the college football season, today’s docket of NCAA games featured many attractive match-ups and possibilities for these upsets to occur. On Friday, the Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pitt lived up to the hype as a smash mouth type [...]

Williams Drops 25 in Barn-burner

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Fans in a sold out Amway Arena got their money’s worth in the Orlando Magic’s showdown with their divisional rival the Miami Heat. After the Miami Heat jumped out to an 11-4 lead, Jason Williams drained threes from 25 and 27 feet and Dwight Howard slammed one home to tie the score at 15-15 , but [...]

Matt Stover Kicks Colts Past Former Team

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

With 7:02 left in the game and after a 60 yard Peyton Manning drive, Indianapolis Colts kicker Matt Stover downed his former team with a 25 yard field goal. In the first quarter, Dallas Clark caught a one handed touchdown pass and in the second quarter, Joseph Addai scored from 5 yards out to give the [...]

Jimmie Johnson Grabs 4th Cup Title

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Needing only a 25th finish or better to grab the Cup title, Jimmie Johnson finished in 5th place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway to clinch his fourth Sprint Cup title. Johnson is now in an elite company of racers, as Lee Petty, David Pearson, Darrel Waltrip, and Cale Yarborough sit at three each, himself and Gordon [...]

Oregon Survives Arizona in 2OTs 44-41

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Behind quarterback Jeremiah Masoli’s 9-of-13 passing for 77 yards and had three TDs on Oregon’s final three drives, (including the two overtime drives) the Oregon Ducks got their ninth win of the season and keep their Rose Bowl hopes alive. At the end of the third quarter, the score read 17-14 in favor of the [...]

Vinsanity’s 26 Leads Magic Past Celtics

Friday, November 20th, 2009

With 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, Vince Carter helped Orlando hand the Boston Celtics their third loss in four games as he and the Magic escaped the TD Banknorth Garden with an 83-78 win. The Magic survived Boston’s 12-3 second quarter run and took a 43-40 lead into the half, and the third [...]

Johnson’s 25 Gets Syracuse Past Tar Heels 87-71

Friday, November 20th, 2009

On the back of  junior Wesley Johnson’s 27 point, 8 rebound performance, the Syracuse Orangemen used a 22-1 run to begin the second half that allowed them to pull away from the Tar Heels in the 2K Sports Classic. UNC took the lead on a tip in with 12 seconds left to go in the [...]