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A6 — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021 SPORTS Utah beats Ducks for 1st Rose Bowl bid Oregon (10-3, No. 10), the rematch delivered the Utes the Rose Bowl prize they had LAS VEGAS — As the been seeking since joining the Utah players celebrated the Oregon St. vs. Utah St. Pac-12 in 2011. Pac-12 championship sur- CORAL GABLES, LA Bowl Utah had lost its fi rst two rounded by roses and confetti, Fla. (AP) — AP source: Saturday, Dec. 18, 4:30 p.m. trips to the conference title the memories of two team- Oregon’s Mario on ABC game, including two years ago mates who couldn’t share in Cristobal accepts offer Oregon vs. Oklahoma to Oregon, but left little doubt the moment was paramount. to take over as Miami Alamo Bowl this time. The past year marked by football coach after Wednesday, Dec. 29, “We’ve just been working tragedy following the deaths Manny Diaz is fi red. 6:15 p.m. on ESPN away on it ever since we joined of Ty Jordan and Aaron Lowe will end with the long-coveted did that and I couldn’t be more same time, I also believe that the league,” Whittingham said. “This is the culmination they were there guiding us Rose Bowl bid. proud of them.” Jordan died last Christmas throughout the whole season. of a lot of years of hard work Devin Lloyd returned an They were able to help us cre- and effort, not only by us, but interception for a touchdown, from a self-infl icted gun shot everyone involved. It takes a Cam Rising threw for another wound. Lowe, who also played ate things that I don’t think lot of people to make this thing we ever would have done score and No. 14 Utah clinched with Jordan in high school, go.” without them.” was then shot and killed at a the fi rst Rose Bowl berth in Rising engineered a TD This game was a near house party in September. school history with a 38-10 Their teammates used the carbon copy of the one in Salt drive on the opening posses- victory over No. 10 Oregon on sion after converting a sneak memories as fuel for a season Lake City two weeks ago Friday night, Dec. 3. on fourth down near midfi eld. when the Utes (10-3, No. 17 “Our mantra after the trag- that ended with a title. Tavon Thomas capped it with CFP) jumped out early and “We’ve got a lot of tough- edy was we’re not going to get a 2-yard run. won 38-7. ness in us and resiliency,” over it, but we’ll get through Lloyd then returned an While that game all but said Lloyd, who was named it,” coach Kyle Whittingham interception 34 yards for a said. “I believe our guys really MVP of the game. “But at the ended the playoff hopes for By JOSH DUBOW Associated Press Ducks coach leaving for Miami Ducks, Beavers in bowl games Serena Morones for The Oregonian Utah quarterback Cameron Rising (No. 7) runs on a keeper during the second half as the No. 17 Utes take on the No. 10 Oregon Ducks in the Pac-12 football championship game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Utah won 38-10. score later in the fi rst quarter and Utah put the game away by scoring twice in the fi nal 27 seconds of the fi rst half. Rising hit Dalton Kincaid on an 11-yard pass with 27 seconds left. Then Malone Ma- taele intercepted an ill-advised pass from Anthony Brown to set up Jadon Redding’s 50- yard fi eld goal on the fi nal play of the half to make it 23-0. The Utes led the game two weeks ago 28-0 at the half. “Honestly, it seemed kind of similar,” Ducks safety Verone McKinley III said. “It’s tough because we felt pre- pared. We felt we had a good game plan and then to let what happened happen again was a tough pill to swallow.” Timbers down RSL Historic playoff: Alabama-Cincinnati, Michigan-Georgia 2-0 for conference title, MLS fi nal berth COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Fourth-seeded Cincinnati is the fi rst team to reach the IRVING, Texas — As college CFP from a non-Power Five conference in the eight-year his- football’s postseason evolved from disconnected bowls to the tory of this postseason format. The Bearcats (13-0) won the BCS to the current four-team playoff, it never truly embraced American Athletic Conference and head into the postseason as the underdog the way the NCAA basketball tournament the only unbeaten team in the country. does. “It’s an historic day. It really From Tulane to Utah, Boise is. In the world of sports, this State to TCU and then UCF, is history,” AAC Commis- the upstarts occasionally got a chance to play a blue blood in a sioner Mike Aresco said. “This is something probably many, big bowl game, but they never many people never thought entered the postseason with a legitimate opportunity to win a they would see.” Previously, no team from a national championship. so-called Group of Five confer- College football fi nally ence had ever even come close has its fi rst Cinderella team: Cincinnati has broken the glass to making the playoff. “We don’t want to carry the ceiling. fl ag for the non-big schools, so The Bearcats will play to speak. We just want to be us,” Alabama in the Cotton Bowl Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell on New Year’s Eve after being selected to the College Football said. When the Bowl Champion- Playoff on Sunday, Dec. 5. Michi- ship Series started in 1998, gan will face Georgia in the Orange Bowl semifi nal on Dec. Tulane went unbeaten in Con- 31 and the winners will play for ference USA and didn’t even get a spot in one of the glitzy bowl the national championship on games. Former Tulane Presi- Jan. 10 in Indianapolis. By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer dent Scott Cowen was among the fi rst to attack the BCS as an exclusionary cartel. Under then-coach Urban Meyer, Utah went unbeaten as a member of the Mountain West in 2004 and reached the Fiesta Bowl, but only got to play a so-so Pittsburgh team, meaning the Utes had no shot to fi nish No. 1. Boise State created a brand out of being a potential BCS buster during its time in the Western Athletic Conference, winning a remarkable Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma in 2007. TCU was in the Mountain West when it won a Rose Bowl against Wisconsin in 2010. Utah and TCU ended up get- ting scooped up by Power Five conferences. If you can’t beat them, ask them to join you. The playoff doubled the number of teams that had a chance to win the national title from two to four in 2014, but it didn’t seem to help the little guys. UCF won 25 straight games over 2017 and ’18 and never did better than eighth in the selection committee’s rankings. The Knights went so far as to declare themselves national champions after they were the only team in major col- lege football to fi nish the 2017 season unbeaten. Cincinnati set the founda- tion for this year’s run by going unbeaten in the regular season last year before losing to Geor- gia on a late fi eld goal in the Peach Bowl. Aresco conceded this run has felt bittersweet at times for him. Cincinnati, along with UCF and Houston, will be leaving the American for the Big 12 soon. The Bearcats made history with little debate. Playoff selec- tion committee chairman Gary Barta said there was strong consensus for Cincinnati at No. 4 ahead of No. 5 Notre Dame, which had only one loss — at home against the Bearcats in early October. Ohio State fi nished sixth. said. “They understood the moment that was at stake PORTLAND — Fe- and they performed very lipe Mora and Santiago well today.” Moreno scored and the Seventh-seeded Real Portland Timbers ad- Salt Lake had appeared in vanced to the MLS Cup the MLS Cup fi nal three fi nal with a 2-0 victory times, winning the title over Real Salt Lake in the in 2009. It was the team’s Western Conference fi nal fi fth trip to the conference on Saturday, Dec. 4. fi nals since joining the Fourth-seeded Portland league in 2005. will host the NYCFC on Salt Lake had won Saturday, Dec. 11. It is the all three previous play- fi rst time that the Timbers off matches against the have hosted the league Timbers, including the championship. last meeting in 2019 when The Timbers, who won RSL won 2-1 at home in the MLS Cup in 2015, also the opening round. went to the fi nal in 2018 But the Timbers swept but fell to Atlanta United. Salt Lake in their three “It was a very strong meetings during the regu- performance. The guys lar season, outscoring their were motivated,” Timbers opponent 12-4 in the three coach Giovanni Savarese matches. By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Becky from troop 50042 is trying to earn her GS Silver award by collecting donations from our caring community Please place your donations in the barrel. Anything would be appreciated. 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