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WEEKEND, JANUARY 3-4, 2015 Sports shorts BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) two largest audiences in cable television history. ESPN had a 15.2 rating and averaged 28,271,000 viewers for its Sugar Bowl broad- cast Thurs- day night after drawing a 14.8 rating and averaging 28,164,000 viewers for the Rose Bowl, Nielsen said Friday. cant increases from last year on ESPN when the Rose Bowl had a 10.2 rating and averaged 18,636,000 view- ers and the Sugar Bowl had a 6.6 rating and averaged 11,304,000 viewers. SPORTS College Basketball Payton II seeks to make own mark at Oregon State By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press CORVALLIS — Earlier this season against Missis- sippi Valley State, Oregon State guard Gary Payton II appeared to swoop in out of 343 rd Civil War Oregon St. (9-3) Oregon (10-3) • Saturday, 5 p.m. • at M. Knight Arena, Eugene • TV: ESPNU, Online: ESPN3 • OSU leads series 185-157 nowhere for a one-handed put-back dunk. The fans at Gill Coliseum began his career with the Eagles as an unpaid intern in 2000. Kelly has led the Eagles to consecutive 10-6 seasons. the 53-man roster. Now he’ll hire a new personnel execu- tive who will answer directly to him. “We are aware of the inappropriate behavior in the postgame. This is not what our program stands for, and the student-athletes will be disciplined internally.“ — Mark Helfrich Oregon football coach responding to a video released online of sev- eral players celebrating their 59-20 win in the Rose Bowl by mocking Florida State QB Jameis Winston with chants of “No means no” to the tune of “Warchant”used by FSU fans. Sexual assault allegations have followed the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner the last two years. 1920 — Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells to the New York Yankees for $125,000 plus a $350,000 loan. 1973 — A 12-member group headed by George Steinbrenner buys the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million. 1993 — The Buffalo Bills stage pro football’s biggest comeback to beat the Hous- ton Oilers 41-38 in overtime playoffs. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Oregon State’s Gary Payton II, right, runs down the court pur- sued by Grambling State’s Carl- ton Lowe, left, during an NCAA col- lege basket- ball game at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. were momentarily stunned before erupting into cheers. It was almost like old times, when the junior guard’s crowds while confounding opponents. But make no mistake, the younger Payton is his own man. “We’re two totally dif- ferent players. We play two AP Photo/The Cor- vallis Gazette-Times, Jesse Skoubo See PAYTON/3B College Football Preps Bulldogs nip Viks Nyssa completes comeback, tops Umatilla in OT Kelly takes larger role with Eagles PHILADELPHIA — Chip Kelly has gained control of the Philadelphia Eagles’ player personnel department after Howie Roseman was promoted from general manager to executive vice FACES president of football opera- tions. The shake- up announced Friday ends speculation about Kelly’s Kelly future in Phila- delphia following a turbu- lent week that included the dismissal of vice president of player personnel Tom Gamble two days ago. The 39-year-old Rose- man had been the youngest GM in the NFL and held the 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS East Oregonian SALEM — The reign- ing Eastern Oregon League champion Nyssa Bulldogs AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Andy Nelson Katie Marie Snyder folds sweatshirts before packing them in boxes to be shipped from McKenzie Sew On in Springfi eld, Ore., on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, to The Duck Store on the University of Oregon campus. Production was ramped up for the sweatshirts and other commemorative wear after Or- egon’s 59-20 Rose Bowl victory over Florida State. Oregon will face Ohio State in the fi rst College Football Playoff championship game, on Jan. 12. Oregon looks to add another win to statement season By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Within moments after winning the Rose Bowl for a spot in the na- tional championship, the T-shirts were up on Oregon’s website. “Won Not Done,” the shirts read. The sentiment — also on tees made for opponent Ohio State — was perfect for the Ducks, who are a win away from proving once and for all that they belong among the nation’s elite. It’s a position they’ve been in once before, when they faced Auburn for the national title to cap the 2010 season and came up short. We’re one step closer to achieving everything we ever worked for, ev- erything we ever wanted,” senior linebacker Derrick Malone Jr. said. Oregon has never won a national championship. The Buckeyes have seven national titles dating back to 1942. Just a decade ago, the Ducks Here the second-seeded Ducks are, following a 59-20 victory over Flor- ida State in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State defeated Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans lat- er Thursday night. The loss in college football’s 2001 when quarterback Joey Har- rington helped lead Oregon to the Fiesta Bowl. Then Chip Kelly arrived in Eu- gene in 2007 and reworked Or- egon’s offense into a distinctive 29-game winning streak by the third-seeded Seminoles, and Or- egon emphasized its dominance by piling up the most points ever scored in a Rose Bowl game. It was speedy Ducks have been consistent- ly ranked. Kelly was promoted from of- fensive coordinator to head coach before the 2009 season and the next played for the title. Oregon fell to Auburn 22-19 on Wes Bynum’s 19- Afterward Kelly vowed, “We’ll be back.” Kelly’s successor, Mark Hel- frich, made good on the promise: — and maybe only, if he decides to go to the NFL — college loss. “They were undefeated the last two years, and I mean just that in itself says a lot about what they’ve been able to do. Coming in, we didn’t focus on that,” quarterback Marcus Mariota said. “We just wanted to focus on ourselves and really just trying to execute to the best of our abilities.” But in the midst of the game, Or- egon also took a huge step in chang- See DUCKS/2B Bowl Roundup Houston shocks Pittsburgh Cougars complete third-largest comeback in bowl history teamed with Demarcus Ayers on a 29- yard scoring play on fourth-and-13 with 1:58 left. Houston’s onside kick didn’t go 10 Associated Press the ball was touched by the same Pitt FORT WORTH, Texas — Greg Ward nal 3:41 of the Armed Forces Bowl, two after Houston recovered onside kicks, and completed a winning 2-point con- version in the Cougars’ 35-34 victory over Pittsburgh on Friday. Pitt (6-7) took a 31-6 lead on James Conner’s touchdown run with 14 min- utes left, but Houston (8-5) had the big- gest comeback in an FBS game this sea- son and matched the third-largest ever in a bowl game. Ward threw an 8-yard TD pass to Deontay Greenberry, the Cougars re- one and Houston running back Kenneth Farrow jumped on it at the Cougars 43. Greenberry started the drive with a 38- yard catch, then on third-and-16 had a 25-yard touchdown catch with 59 sec- onds left. Interim coach David Gibbs opted for a win-or-lose 2-point conver- sion try, and Greenberry made a leaping catch in the back corner of the end zone. Gibbs, the defensive coordinator, was Levine. The Cougars’ new coach is Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Her- See BOWLS/2B defeat league rival Umatilla 68-66 in overtime on the sec- ond day of the Salem Acade- my Tournament Friday. The Vikings (6-6) held a 10-point lead with two min- utes remaining in regulation, but the Bulldogs (4-4) upped the defensive pressure and tied the game on a Damien Olvera rebound-basket with 10 second remaining in regu- lation. Olvera was fouled on the shot, but failed to convert the potential game-winning free throw. The basket capped a 24-point fourth quarter for Nyssa. Nyssa senior Jacob Huff- man, last year’s league Play- er of the Year, repeated Ol- vera’s effort in the waning seconds of overtime, snag- ging a teammate’s miss and converting it for two to earn a jump shot from the top of the key at the buzzer, but the shot found rim instead of net. Tristan Sanguino led Umatilla with 15 points. Gar- cia added 13 and Juan Coria had 12. The game acts as a pre- view of next Saturday’s EOL conference premiere, which will pit the school’s against each other at Nyssa. Umatilla looks to avoid a winless trip to Salem this morning at 10:30 a.m. when they’ll face third-ranked Cre- swell. ——— NYSSA 68, UMATILLA 66 (OT) UHS (6-6) 11 17 15 19 4 — 66 NHS (4-4) 10 17 11 24 6 — 68 UMATILLA — D. Ayala 7, J. Ramirez 4, E. Garcia 13, J. Coria 12, K. Webb 2, A. Jaime 4, Tristan Sanguino 15, A. Simmons 7, E. Morales 2. NYSSA — D. Olvera 8, Jacob Huffman 16, M. Lazo 9, Freddy Pascacio 16, J. Simp- son 7, A. Chavez 4, A. Gonzalez 8. 3-point fi eld goals — UHS 9. Free throws — UHS 17-25. Fouls — UHS 14. See PREPS/2B Houston Markeith Ambles (21) and DeMarcus Ayers (10) celebrate after Ayers caught a touchdown pass during the second half of the Armed Forces Bowl NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, in Fort Worth. Texas. Houston won 35-34. AP Photo/Sharon Ellman
