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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Lil Bucks Youth
Basketball
PENDLETON — This
recreational program for
boys & girls in 1st and 2nd
grades will focus on team
work, ball handling, rules
of the game, pass and cut,
and basic defensive strategy.
T-shirt included with the
registration fee. Register
by Monday, January 8th to
guarantee placement on a
team. The fee is $25. Teams
will be formed at this time
based on total kids registered
and number of available
coaches. Registration after
this date is on a space
available basis only. Our
first Saturday skills workout
will be January 20 at the
Sherwood Elementary gym.
Your child will be assigned
a practice time on Saturday
mornings. Your coach will
email you to confirm the
specific practice time and
location. We will end the
program February 24th with
a 3 on 3 jamboree held at
Sherwood Gym and the
Pendleton Rec Center.
Pendleton Girls
Rec League Youth
Basketball
This recreational youth
basketball league has a
3rd/4th grade and 5th/6th
grade divisions that play
games on Saturdays and
practice in area schools two
times per week. Registration
by Tuesday, Jan 2nd
guarantees placement on a
team. The fee is $35. Games
are held on Saturdays from
1/27 to 2/24.
The Skills Assessment
will be on Saturday, January
6th at Sunridge Middle
School. 3rd-4th graders
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
BRIEFLY
will check-in at 9:00 and
workout from 9:15-10:15
a.m.; 5th-6th graders will
check in at 10:15 a.m. and
workout from 10:30-11:30
a.m. Teams will be formed
based on the total kids
registered and number of
available coaches. By the
end of the week following
the assessment, coaches will
contact players with team
assignments, practice time,
and location information.
Pendleton Parks &
Rec winter break
open gym
Get your kiddo some
gym time during winter
break. We play dodgeball,
basketball, foosball, pool,
and ping pong. Be prepared
for lots of physical activity.
Limited to first 40 children
registered, and we must have
a minimum of 15 registered
by 12/21 in order to plan
for appropriate staffing.
Registration fee includes
a snack. Meets at the Rec
Center gym on Wednesday,
12/27 from 9:00 a.m. –
noon. Just $5 and open to
youth ages 7 – 13 years.
Eagles’ QB Wentz
out for year with
torn ACL
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) — Carson Wentz got
the Eagles this far. Now, it’s
up to Nick Foles to deliver
Philadelphia its first Super
Bowl title.
Wentz has a torn left ACL
and will miss the rest of the
season and playoffs, forcing
the NFC East champions
to turn to a familiar backup
who once had one of the
greatest statistical seasons in
NFL history.
Wentz was a favorite in
the NFL MVP race during
a breakout sophomore
season. He threw for 3,296
yards and set a franchise
single-season record with an
NFL-leading 33 touchdown
passes while only tossing
seven interceptions.
No suspensions
for Seahawks
after Jacksonville
meltdown
RENTON, Wash. (AP) —
The Seattle Seahawks will
not face any suspensions for
the melee that broke out at
the conclusion of Sunday’s
loss to Jacksonville.
The league is still
reviewing the fracas that
broke out in the closing
moments of Jacksonville’s
30-24 victory for
potential discipline, but
no suspensions will be
coming. Michael Bennett,
Sheldon Richardson and
Quinton Jefferson were all
flagged for personal fouls.
Jefferson and Richardson
were both ejected, and all
three should face hefty fines
for their involvement in the
ugly conclusion. Jefferson
attempted to climb into the
stands after fans threw what
appeared to be bottles at him
as he was leaving the field.
He was pulled back by team
staff.
The Jaguars issued a
statement Monday they were
reviewing video and were
conducting interviews with
spectators and security staff
in the area to identify those
involved. The Jaguars said
those involved may lose
the right to purchase future
tickets or have their season
tickets revoked.
HEISMAN: Mayfield threw for 4,340 yards, 41 touchdowns for No. 2 Sooners
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tance speech. He choked
back tears, thanking his
parents and first-year Okla-
homa coach Lincoln Riley.
“Tried to play it cool,”
Mayfield said later. “That’s
not my thing though. I’m a
guy that wears his emotions
on his sleeve.”
Mayfield finished fourth
in the Heisman voting two
years ago and third last year.
“It’s motivating for me to
be the best in the country,”
he said.
Mayfield entered this
season as one of the
Heisman favorites and
jumped toward the front of
the pack when he led the
Sooners to an early-season
victory at Ohio State that he
celebrated by planting the
OU flag right in the middle
of The Horseshoe’s turf.
He later apologized
for that, but that has been
Mayfield’s career. Spectac-
ular play fueled by grudges,
slights and trying to prove
doubters wrong. Moxie is
the word that gets attached
to Mayfield often, but at
times poor judgment has
gotten him in trouble on and
off the field.
Those were really the
only marks on Mayfield’s
Heisman resume because
his play has been consis-
tently stellar. He has thrown
for 4,340 yards and 41
touchdowns this season
for the Big 12 champion
Sooners (12-1). For his
career, Mayfield is eighth
in FBS history in yards
passing (14,320) and sixth
in touchdown passes (129).
Pretty good for a scrawny
kid who grew up in Austin,
Texas, rooting for Okla-
homa, but did not receive
a scholarship offer out of
high school from either the
hometown Longhorns or his
beloved Sooners.
At Lake Travis High
School, Mayfield won a
state championship at a
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, winner of the
Heisman Trophy, kisses the trophy Saturday in New York.
school that regularly pumps
out Division I quarterbacks.
He received one offer from
a Power Five program —
Washington State.
“There’s something to
be said for having just good
ol’ confidence in yourself,”
Mayfield said. “Just true
STANTON: Led majors with 59 HR
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“I wouldn’t say sad day,”
Marlins president of baseball
operations Michael Hill said.
“It’s a win-win for both sides.
... I know Giancarlo made it
clear midway through the
2017 season he didn’t want
to be part of a rebuild.”
Stanton led the majors
with 59 home runs and 132
RBIs last season. Judge
was second in the majors
with 52 homers, New York
topped baseball with 241
home runs last season, and
the daunting duo figures to
create must-see BP before
games.
Stanton will keep his No.
27 jersey.
His contract includes
a no-trade provision, and
last week he turned down
prospective deals to St. Louis
and San Francisco. He told
the Marlins he was willing
to accept trades only to the
Yankees, his hometown Los
Angeles Dodgers, the Astros
and Chicago Cubs.
“I would have been
putting it over the hump
rather than jumping into a
team already prepared to be
there,” he said.
Having grown up in
Southern California, going
to the Giants was a particular
difficultly.
“I wouldn’t base a
decision off that, but also
I wouldn’t want to go to a
team that they disliked the
most — and wasn’t sure if
they were going to beat that
team, either,” he said.
New York hasn’t had a
losing record since 1992.
The Marlins haven’t had
a winning season since
Stanton made his big league
debut for them in 2010.
“He spends his Octobers
in Europe,” said Stanton’s
agent, Joel Wolfe. “It was
killing him.”
Yankees general manager
Brian Cashman spoke briefly
with Hill about Stanton at
last month’s GM meetings
but didn’t move forward,
wanting to save designated
hitter at-bats in case New
York reached agreement
with Japanese pitcher/
outfielder Shohei Ohtani.
But Ohtani eliminated all
East Coast teams.
“I felt maybe Wednesday
of last week I thought it
was not going to happen,”
Cashman said. “And then he
re-engaged me Thursday,”
By Thursday night, a
tentative agreement was in
place. Stanton said he would
approve, but Wolfe told him
to sleep on it.
“I told him I’m sleeping
in, so if there’s some dead-
line just go ahead and say
yeah,” Stanton said with a
smile.
Steinbrenner has vowed
to reduce payroll from this
year’s roughly $209 million
to below next year’s $197
million threshold, which
would reset the team’s base
tax rate from 50 percent to
20 percent in 2019.
belief. My journey, like I
said earlier is not over, but
it’s about facing adversity.
If there’s mistakes, being
up front about it and then
moving forward and being
better in the future.”
He walked-on at Texas
Tech and started eight games
as a freshman in 2013. With
a glut of quarterbacks in
Lubbock, Mayfield left
and had only one school in
mind. He walked-on again
at Oklahoma.
Mayfield’s
departure
from Texas Tech was
contentious. At first, he lost
a year of eligibility, despite
not being on scholarship.
He eventually got that
year back when the Big 12
tweaked its rules, but he
never did let it go. For his
last game against Texas
Tech this season, he wore
the “Traitor” T-shirt that
some Red Raiders fans
wore when he first returned
to Lubbock with Oklahoma.
Later in the year, it was
Kansas — of all teams —
that tried to get the volatile
Mayfield off his game.
Jayhawks captains refused
to shake his hand during
the pregame coin flip. They
trash-talked Mayfield and
even took a late hit at him.
He responded by screaming
profanities and making a
lewd gesture that television
cameras caught. That led
to a public apology from
Mayfield, his third time
doing so this year.
The first came after he
was arrested in Fayetteville,
Arkansas, in February for
public intoxication, disor-
derly conduct and fleeing.
He pleaded guilty to three
misdemeanors and paid a
$300 fine. The second came
after that flag planting in
Columbus, Ohio, after the
Sooners beat the Buckeyes.
There is at least one more
game to play for Mayfield,
and maybe two. He and the
Sooners will go into the
playoff as a slight underdog
against Georgia, which
seems only appropriate for
a player who has built his
career on exceeding expec-
tations.
Asked what has been
his best moment, Mayfield
predictably answered: “It
hasn’t happened yet.”
BLAZERS: Travel to Miami next
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and Zach Collins added
season-bests of nine points
and seven rebounds before
fouling out of Portland’s
fifth straight loss. This
marked the first meeting
of the season between the
West rivals after Golden
State took all four games
last regular season and then
swept the Blazers in the first
round of the playoffs.
The Warriors have won
the last seven regular-season
meetings and also seven in a
row at home.
After missing his first
four 3-point tries, Thompson
hit from deep in the final 30
seconds of the first half as
the Warriors led 59-47 at the
break.
TIP-INS
Trail Blazers: Lillard
notched his 10th 30-point
performance of the season.
... The Blazers made their
initial 23 free throws before
a miss and wound up 23 of
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard (0) goes up for
a dunk against the Golden State Warriors during the
second half of Monday’s game in Oakland, Calif.
25 from the line. ... Portland
led 28-27 after the first but
gave up a 15-4 burst in the
second.
Warriors: Durant passed
John Stockton (19,711
points) for 44th place on
NBA career scoring list.
... Andre Iguodala played
his 1,000th career regu-
lar-season game, becoming
one of 126 players in NBA
history to do so. ... Second-
year guard Patrick McCaw
returned after missing two
games with a concussion
and bruised nose.
UP NEXT
Trail Blazers: At Miami
on Wednesday.
Warriors: Host the
Mavericks on Thursday.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday
Stanfield at Arlington, 6 p.m.
Lewiston (ID) at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Enterprise at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m.
Riverside at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m.
Heppner at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Hermiston at Walla Walla (WA), 7 p.m.
Friday
Condon/Wheeler vs. Mac-Hi (at Pilot
Rock), 4:30 p.m.
Ione vs. Riverside (at Stanfield), 4:30 p.m.
Umatilla vs. Gervais (at Amity), 4:45 p.m.
Putnam at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 7 p.m.
Echo at Helix, 7 p.m.
Heppner at Imbler, 7:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Grant Union, 7:30 p.m.
Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Elgin at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m.
Irrigon at Union, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Mac-Hi vs. Enterprise (at Pilot Rock), 2:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Lewiston (ID), 3 p.m.
Echo at Pine Eagle, 3 p.m.
Helix at Wallowa, 5 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Imbler, 5:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Heppner, 5:30 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m.
Cove at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m.
Stanfield vs. TBD (at Stanfield), TBD
Ione vs. TBD (at Stanfield), TBD
Riverside vs. TBD (at Stanfield), TBD
Umatilla vs. TBD (at Amity), TBD
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tuesday
Enterprise at Mac-Hi, 5:30 p.m.
Lewiston (ID) at Pendleton, 5:30 p.m.
Riverside at Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m.
Heppner at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m.
Hermiston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Baker at Stanfield, 7 p.m.
Thursday
Wilsonville at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Friday
Condon/Wheeler vs. Mac-Hi (at Pilot Rock),
3 p.m.
Umatilla vs. Gervais (at Amity), 3 p.m.
Ione vs. Riverside (at Stanfield), 3 p.m.
Heppner at Imbler, 3 p.m.
Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 5 p.m.
Irrigon at Union, 6 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Grant Union, 6 p.m.
Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Elgin at Stanfield, 6 p.m.
Echo at Helix, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Mac-Hi vs. Enterprise (at Pilot Rock), 1
p.m.
Echo at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m.
Cove at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Imbler, 4 p.m.
Grant Union at Heppner, 4 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m.
Helix at Wallowa, 5 p.m.
La Grande vs. Irrigon (at Hermiston), 7
p.m.
Ione vs. TBD (at Stanfield), TBD
Umatilla vs. TBD (at Amity), TBD
Stanfield vs. TBD (at Stanfield), TBD
Riverside vs. TBD (at Stanfield), TBD
PREP WRESTLING
Friday
Hermiston at Tri-State (ID)
Pendleton at Banks
Echo at Twin Falls (ID)
Irrigon vs. Riverside
Saturday
Hermiston at Tri-State (ID)
Pendleton at Liberty Tournament
(Hillsboro)
Mac-Hi, Riverside, Irrigon, Heppner, Echo
at Mac-Hi Christmas Tournament
PREP SWIMMING
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at La Grande
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Boston
23
6
Toronto
17
8
New York
13 13
Philadelphia
13 13
Brooklyn
10 15
Southeast Division
W
L
Washington
14 12
Miami
13 13
Orlando
11 17
Charlotte
10 16
Atlanta
6 20
Central Division
W
L
Cleveland
19
8
Milwaukee
15 10
Indiana
16 11
Detroit
14 12
Chicago
6 20
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Div. W
L Pct GB
Houston
21
4 .840 —
San Antonio
19
8 .704
3
New Orleans
14 14 .500 8½
Memphis
8 19 .296 14
Dallas
7 20 .259 15
Northwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Minnesota
16 11 .593 —
Denver
14 12 .538 1½
Portland
13 13 .500 2½
Utah
13 14 .481
3
Oklahoma City
12 14 .462 3½
Pacific Division
W
L Pct GB
Golden State
22
6 .786 —
L.A. Lakers
10 15 .400 10½
L.A. Clippers
10 15 .400 10½
Phoenix
9 19 .321 12
Sacramento
8 18 .308 12
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Monday’s Games
Charlotte 116, Oklahoma City 103
Chicago 108, Boston 85
Houston 130, New Orleans 123
Miami 107, Memphis 82
Golden State 111, Portland 104
L.A. Clippers 96, Toronto 91
Tuesday’s Games
Atlanta at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Denver at Detroit, 4 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New York, 4 p.m.
Washington at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
NCAA
Men’s College Basketball
Pct GB
.793 —
.680
4
.500 8½
.500 8½
.400 11
Top 25
Tuesday’s Games
Mississippi State at No. 25 Cincinnati, 4
p.m. (ESPN2)
Saint Peter’s at No. 15 Seton Hall, 4 p.m.
(FS1)
Pct GB
.538 —
.500
1
.393
4
.385
4
.231
8
Pac-12
Monday’s Game
Oregon 74, Texas Southern 68
Tuesday’s Games
Jacksonville St. at Oregon State, 7 p.m.
(PAC12)
San Diego at Colorado, 5 p.m. (PAC12)
Pct GB
.704 —
.600
3
.593
3
.538 4½
.231 12½
Women’s College Basketball
Top 25
Monday’s Game
No. 15 Maryland 114, Loyola (MD) 45
Tuesday’s Games
North Florida at No. 23 Michigan, 4 p.m.
Tennessee St. at No. 3 Louisville, 4 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 29 21 6 2 44 110 74
Toronto
31 20 10 1 41 106 88
Boston
27 14 9 4 32 78 75
Montreal
31 13 14 4 30 85 99
Florida
30 12 14 4 28 90 105
Detroit
30 11 13 6 28 81 99
Ottawa
28 9 12 7 25 77 98
Buffalo
30 7 17 6 20 64 102
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Columbus
30 19 10 1 39 86 73
N.Y. Islanders 30 17 10 3 37 108 100
Washington 31 18 12 1 37 95 91
New Jersey 29 16 9 4 36 89 91
N.Y. Rangers 30 16 11 3 35 99 89
Pittsburgh
32 16 13 3 35 94 104
Carolina
29 11 11 7 29 80 91
Philadelphia 29 11 11 7 29 83 86
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis
31 21 8 2 44 104 78
Winnipeg
31 18 8 5 41 107 87
Nashville
29 18 7 4 40 95 84
Dallas
31 17 13 1 35 91 90
Minnesota 29 15 11 3 33 87 87
Chicago
30 14 11 5 33 90 82
Colorado
29 14 13 2 30 92 95
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 31 20 8 3 43 97 68
Vegas
29 19 9 1 39 103 91
San Jose
29 16 10 3 35 79 69
Calgary
30 16 12 2 34 88 94
Anaheim
31 13 11 7 33 83 91
Vancouver
31 14 13 4 32 82 90
Edmonton
30 12 16 2 26 86 99
Arizona
33 7 21 5 19 75 114
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
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Monday’s Games
Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 1
Dallas 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO
N.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 1
Florida 2, Detroit 1, OT
Winnipeg 5, Vancouver 1
Anaheim 3, Carolina 2
Tuesday’s Games
Edmonton at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Washington, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Florida at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Carolina at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
New England 10 2
0 .833 348
Buffalo
7 6
0 .538 240
Miami
5 7
0 .417 209
N.Y. Jets
5 8
0 .385 266
South
W L
T Pct PF
Jacksonville 9 4
0 .692 329
Tennessee
8 5
0 .615 273
Houston
4 9
0 .308 312
Indianapolis 3 10
0 .231 212
North
W L
T Pct PF
y-Pittsburgh 11 2
0 .846 320
Baltimore
7 6
0 .538 318
Cincinnati
5 8
0 .385 226
Cleveland
0 13
0 .000 197
West
W L
T Pct PF
Kansas City 7 6
0 .538 329
L.A. Chargers 7 6
0 .538 298
Oakland
6 7
0 .462 264
Denver
4 9
0 .308 229
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
y-Philadelphia 11 2
0 .846 404
Dallas
7 6
0 .538 316
Washington 5 8
0 .385 285
N.Y. Giants 2 11
0 .154 199
South
W L
T Pct PF
New Orleans 9 4
0 .692 370
Carolina
9 4
0 .692 300
Atlanta
8 5
0 .615 294
Tampa Bay 4 9
0 .308 264
North
W L
T Pct PF
Minnesota 10 3
0 .769 309
Detroit
7 6
0 .538 338
Green Bay
7 6
0 .538 285
Chicago
4 9
0 .308 224
West
W L
T Pct PF
L.A. Rams
9 4
0 .692 396
Seattle
8 5
0 .615 314
Arizona
6 7
0 .462 231
San Francisco 3 10
0 .231 228
y-clinched division
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Week 14 Results
Atlanta 20, New Orleans 17
Dallas 30, N.Y. Giants 10
Carolina 31, Minnesota 24
PA
223
290
298
311
PA
202
294
335
343
PA
251
246
271
335
PA
289
225
304
315
PA
250
294
344
321
PA
263
262
261
312
PA
235
329
302
274
PA
265
252
317
314
Chicago 33, Cincinnati 7
Kansas City 26, Oakland 15
Detroit 24, Tampa Bay 21
Buffalo 13, Indianapolis 7, OT
Green Bay 27, Cleveland 21, OT
San Francisco 26, Houston 16
Denver 23, N.Y. Jets 0
Arizona 12, Tennessee 7
L.A. Chargers 30, Washington 13
Jacksonville 30, Seattle 24
Philadelphia 43, L.A. Rams 35
Pittsburgh 39, Baltimore 38
New England at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
Week 15 Schedule
Thursday, Dec. 14
Denver at Indianapolis, 5:25 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Chicago at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 5:25 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 17
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Minnesota, 10 a.m.
Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.
Arizona at Washington, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at New Orleans, 10 a.m.
Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Green Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 10 a.m.
L.A. Rams at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.
New England at Pittsburgh, 1:25 p.m.
Tennessee at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.
Dallas at Oakland, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 18
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
Bowl Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 16
Celebration Bowl
At Atlanta
NC A&T (11-0) vs. Grambling State (11-1),
9 a.m. (ABC)
New Orleans Bowl
North Texas (9-4) vs. Troy (10-2), 10 a.m.
(ESPN)
Cure Bowl
Orlando, Fla.
Georgia State (6-5) vs. Western Kentucky
(6-6), 11:30 a.m. (CBSSN)
Las Vegas Bowl
Boise State (10-3) vs. Oregon (7-5), 12:30
p.m. (ABC)
New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque
Colorado State (7-5) vs. Marshall (7-5),
1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Camellia Bowl
Montgomery, Ala.
Arkansas State (7-3) vs. Middle Tennessee
(6-6), 5 p.m. (ESPN)