Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Bulletin. (Bend, OR) 1963-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 2021)
A6 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD THURSDAY BASKETBALL Men’s college, Oregon at Colorado Women’s college, Maryland at Michigan St. Women’s college, Arkansas at Tennessee Men’s college, Iowa at Maryland Men’s college, Cincinnati at SMU Men’s college, Indiana at Wisconsin NBA, Philadelphia at Brooklyn Men’s college, UNLV at Colorado St. Men’s college, BYU at Gonzaga Women’s college, Kentucky at Texas A&M Men’s college, Illinois at Northwestern Men’s college, USC at Arizona Men’s college, Portland at San Francisco Men’s college, Washington vs. Stanford Men’s college, Nevada at San Diego St. NBA, Minnesota at Portland NBA, Dallas at Denver Men’s college, Washington St. at California Men’s college, UCLA at Arizona St. GOLF PGA Tour, Sentry Tournament of Champions Time 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3 p.m. TV FS1 Big Ten SEC ESPN2 ESPNU FS1 TNT CBSSN ESPN SEC Big Ten ESPN2 ESPNU FS1 CBSSN NBCSNW TNT Pac-12 ESPN Golf FRIDAY BASKETBALL Women’s college, Oregon at Stanford Men’s college, Ohio at Toledo Men’s college, Youngstown St. at Wright St. Men’s college, North Texas at Texas-San Antonio Women’s college, Colorado at UCLA Men’s college, Purdue at Michigan St. NBA, Charlotte at New Orleans Men’s college, Dayton at Davidson Women’s college, Utah at USC Men’s college, Utah St. at New Mexico NBA, L.A. Clippers at Golden State GOLF PGA Tour, Sentry Tournament of Champions GYMNASTICS Women’s college, Missouri at Georgia Women’s college, Arkansas at LSU Women’s college, Kentucky at Alabama WRESTLING College, Michigan at Rutgers College, Minnesota at Nebraska HOCKEY College, St. Cloud St. at Minnesota-Duluth SOCCER Mexico Primera Division, Tijuana vs. Pumas UNAM FA Women’s Super League, Manchester City vs. West Ham United 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. Pac-12 CBSSN ESPN2 ESPNU Pac-12 FS1 ESPN ESPN2 Pac-12 FS1 ESPN Golf 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. SEC SEC ESPNU 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Big Ten Big Ten 5:30 p.m. CBSSN 7 p.m. FS2 4:30 a.m. (Sat) NBCSN Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV or radio stations. SPORTS BRIEFING HOCKEY U.S. upsets Canada in World Juniors championship Tuesday night — Heavy underdogs against a hockey pow- erhouse on home ice, Spencer Knight and his United States teammates snatched away gold for the red, white and blue. Knight made 34 saves in yet another shutout and Team USA upset Canada 2-0 on Tuesday night to win the world junior hockey championship. Tournament MVP Trevor Zegras — who was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks ninth overall in 2019 — had a goal and an assist, and Alex Turcotte, who plays for the Los Angeles Kings, also scored as the U.S. won its first gold medal at the event since 2017. The tournament was played with no fans in the stands to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Coming into the game, Canada had outscored its opponents 41-4 and never trailed. The dominant Canadians were aiming to repeat as gold-medal winners, but had to settle for second place in their own country. FOOTBALL Seahawks’ Adams says he expects to play Saturday despite injury — Jamal Adams said Wednesday there’s no question he’ll play in his first career playoff game Saturday de- spite a shoulder injury. Adams was emphatic he would be on the field for the Seahawks’ NFC playoff opener against the Los Angeles Rams after leaving Seattle’s Week 17 win over San Francisco in the second half with a shoulder injury. Adams appeared angry and dejected on the sideline after being exam- ined by Seattle’s medical staff Sunday. By Wednesday, he was jovial and excited to play. “Look, as long as these legs are mov- ing man, as long as my faith is with the man upstairs, which is very strong, I’m gonna be out there,” Adams said. Adams missed four games earlier in the season because of a groin in- jury. He said he played with one arm during the first meeting with the Rams in November after injuring his right shoulder early in the game. This time it’s his left shoulder. Adams led Seattle with 9½ sacks in the regular season, the most by a de- fensive back since sacks became an official stat in 1982. He is the first defensive back to lead his team in sacks since 2011. Dolphins OC Gailey steps down — Miami Dolphins offen- sive coordinator Chan Gailey has resigned from his role after one season with the team on Wednesday. Gailey, who turned 69 on Tuesday, came out of a three-year retirement to reunite with veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, coach rookie starter Tua Tagovailoa and lead the Dolphins offense under head coach Brian Flores. Now, Flores will need to find a new offensive coordinator for the third straight offseason. Dol- phins tight ends coach George Godsey, who took on a greater role working alongside Tagovailoa on the bench between se- ries, may be the best in-house candidate. Godsey served as Houston Texans quarterbacks coach in 2014 before being of- fensive coordinator in 2015-16. He also was the Detroit Lions quarterbacks coach in 2018. — Bulletin wire reports POWERBALL The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 1 20 22 60 66 3 Oregon Lottery results As listed at oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites The estimated jackpot was not available at press time. MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 19 23 34 41 43 46 The estimated jackpot is now $6.8 million. BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 7 1 .875 Orlando 6 2 .750 Indiana 6 2 .750 Boston 6 3 .667 New York 5 3 .625 Milwaukee 5 3 .625 Cleveland 4 4 .500 Atlanta 4 4 .500 Brooklyn 4 4 .500 Chicago 4 4 .500 Miami 3 4 .429 Charlotte 3 5 .375 Washington 2 6 .250 Toronto 1 5 .167 Detroit 1 7 .125 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct L.A. Lakers 6 2 .750 Phoenix 5 2 .714 L.A. Clippers 5 3 .625 Golden State 4 3 .571 New Orleans 4 4 .500 Utah 4 4 .500 Sacramento 3 4 .429 Dallas 3 4 .429 Denver 3 4 .429 San Antonio 3 4 .429 Portland 3 4 .429 Oklahoma City 3 4 .429 Houston 2 4 .333 Minnesota 2 5 .286 Memphis 2 5 .286 Tuesday’s Late Games San Antonio 116, L.A. Clippers 113 Chicago 111, Portland 108 GB — 1 1 1½ 2 2 3 3 3 3 3½ 4 5 5 6 GB — ½ 1 1½ 2 2 2½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 3½ Tuesday’s Late Boxscore Bulls 111, Trail Blazers 108 CHICAGO (111) Porter Jr. 7-14 1-2 19, Williams 5-8 2-2 14, Carter Jr. 4-9 5-6 13, LaVine 6-18 3-3 18, White 8-19 3-4 21, Temple 5-10 0-0 14, Young 4-8 1-1 10, Gafford 1-2 0-0 2, Valen- tine 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 40-91 15-18 111. PORTLAND (108) Covington 5-10 0-0 14, Jones Jr. 2-7 1-4 5, Nurkic 6-15 0-0 12, Lillard 6-17 9-11 24, McCollum 10-21 0-0 26, Anthony 4-9 0-0 12, Giles III 0-0 0-0 0, Trent Jr. 5-10 1-2 13, Kanter 1-3 0-0 2, Simons 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 39-94 11-17 108. Chicago 21 24 36 30 — 111 Portland 39 15 31 23 — 108 3-Point Goals—Chicago 16-41 (Porter Jr. 4-7, Temple 4-9, LaVine 3-10, Williams 2-2, White 2-7, Young 1-2, Carter Jr. 0-2, Valentine 0-2), Portland 19-51 (McCollum 6-14, Anthony 4-6, Covington 4-9, Lillard 3-11, Trent Jr. 2-5, Nurkic 0-2, Jones Jr. 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 52 (Porter Jr. 13), Portland 46 (Nurkic 11). Assists—Chicago 27 (LaVine 9), Portland 23 (Lillard 9). Total Fouls—Chicago 19, Portland 16. NFL Continued from A5 Make no mistake, though: The home-field advantage that has long been part of the story of professional football all but vanished during the year of the virus. Largely empty stadiums cut off crowd noise as an en- ergy source and strategic asset. “It doesn’t feel any differ- ent playing at home or playing away right now,” said Seattle coach Pete Carroll, whose team normally has a leg up as much as any host with the partial roof cantilevered over the seats that helps amplify the noise at what is now called Lumen Field. “It’s just evened everything out.” With the win on Sunday night over a Philadelphia team offering little resistance, Wash- ington took the NFC East title. The victory was dually deci- sive, giving visitors a collective 128-127-1 record for the 2020 regular season — the first win- ning mark since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Road teams were narrowly outscored 6,353- 6,339, a two-touchdown gap. In 2019, though the visitors managed an anomaly of a plus- 36 scoring margin, home teams still went 132-123-1 for a .518 Wednesday’s Games Orlando 105, Cleveland 94 Indiana 114, Houston 107 Phila. 141, Washington 136 New York 112, Utah 100 Charlotte 102, Atlanta 94 Boston 107, Miami 105 Oklahoma City 111, New Orleans 110 Milwaukee 130, Detroit 115 Toronto at Phoenix, late Chicago at Sacramento, late L.A. Clippers at Golden State, late Thursday’s Games Phila. at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Denver, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 7 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. Women’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 6 0 1.000 9 0 1.000 Arizona 6 1 .857 8 1 .889 Oregon 6 1 .857 8 1 .889 Washington St. 4 1 .800 6 1 .857 UCLA 4 2 .667 6 2 .750 Arizona St. 3 3 .500 7 3 .700 Colorado 2 4 .333 4 5 .444 Utah 2 5 .286 3 5 .375 Oregon St. 1 3 .250 3 3 .500 Washington 1 5 .167 4 5 .444 Southern Cal 1 5 .167 3 5 .375 California 0 6 .000 0 9 .000 Friday’s Games No. 11 Oregon at No. 1 Stanford, 11:30 a.m. Colorado at No. 9 UCLA, 4 p.m. Utah at Southern Cal, 6 p.m. Oregon St. at California, ppd. Arizona St. at Washington St., ppd. No. 7 Arizona at Washington, ppd. Wednesday’s Game Oregon St. at Utah, ppd. Thursday’s Games No. 17 Oregon at Colorado, 2 p.m. Southern Cal at Arizona, 6 p.m. Washington vs. Stanford, 6 p.m. Washington St. at California, 7 p.m. UCLA at Arizona St., 7:30 p.m. Men’s college “It doesn’t feel any different playing at home or playing away right now.” — Pete Carroll, coach of the Seattle Seahawks winning percentage. In 2018, according to Sportradar, the advantage for the hosts was far more clear: a .602 winning per- centage and a 564-point edge. Over the previous 10 years, home teams collected 342 more wins than the visitors and scored an average of an addi- tional 2.19 points per game. Over the 50 seasons prior to this unprecedented 2020 scene of largely empty stadiums, the home team winning percentage was .575. The difference was immedi- ately noticeable. Packers quar- terback Aaron Rodgers was able to lure Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr offside on third- and-5 late in the third quarter of the opener at Minnesota, which had enjoyed one of the NFL’s most daunting environ- ments for visiting teams. The no-risk throw by Rod- gers after the yellow flag flew went for a 39-yard completion to Marquez Valdes-Scantling to COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Monday Favorite Open Current O/U Underdog Alabama 7 8 75½ Ohio State set up a score and put the game away. The Vikings, after match- ing the best home record in the NFC over their first four years at U.S. Bank Stadium, went 3-5 there in 2020. Their young and struggling defense had no help from a crowd on those critical third downs, making Sunday afternoons that much easier for the opposing offense. Even in road games, the de- fense was more exposed in the highest-scoring regular season in NFL history. In Pittsburgh on Dec. 27, Steelers quarter- back Ben Roethlisberger heard the Indianapolis Colts shout- ing, “Slant, slant, slant!” before a first-down snap in the third quarter to warn the defensive backs of the route he might de- liver the ball to. “We should’ve run a slant. I almost changed the play, but I didn’t because they were yelling it,” Roethlisberger said. Instead, he threw deep to Diontae Johnson for a 39-yard touchdown that cut the lead to 10 points and ignited the come- back for a 28-24 victory. “There are absolutely times in games where you hear a de- fender say, ‘Hey, watch this,’ and you’re like, ‘Man, that’s what we called.’ Some of that is dumb luck. Some of that is maybe tendencies. We can hear stuff that they talk about,” Ro- ethlisberger said. “It is one of the most unique years when it comes to strategy, when it comes to trying to trick people. Sometimes you even are trying to do dummy signals and say- ing dummy things just to make things happen or to trick other teams.” The Vikings lost 33-27 at home to Chicago on Dec. 20, a defeat that ultimately gave the final wild card spot in the NFC to the Bears. Minnesota had played the week before at Tampa Bay, one of the few sta- diums where state COVID-19 rules allowed crowds of up to 25% capacity. Hundreds of Vikings fans made the trip south to attend that game, and though the sup- port didn’t lead to a victory, their presence in purple jer- seys was a welcome sight to the team near the end of this drain- ing and frustrating season. “You don’t realize how much the fans are important to you until they’re gone,” running back Dalvin Cook said. “I think that’s with a lot of stuff in life, but us on the field, we notice it. We miss the fans so much.” TOP 25 SCORES Wednesday’s Games No. 2 Baylor 76, Oklahoma 61 No. 7 Creighton 89, Seton Hall 53 No. 9 Tennessee 79, Arkansas 74 No. 10 Michigan 82, No. 16 Minnesota 57 No. 11 Houston 70, Wichita St. 63 Louisville 73, No. 19 Virginia Tech 71 No. 21 Duke 83, Boston College 82 No. 22 Virginia 70, Wake Forest 61 No. 23 Saint Louis at La Salle, ppd. FOOTBALL NFL playoffs WILD CARD Saturday’s Games Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10:05 a.m. L.A. Rams at Seattle, 1:40 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 5:15 p.m. Sunday’s Games Baltimore at Tennessee, 10:05 a.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 1:40 p.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m. College Monday’s Game College Football Championship Miami Gardens, Fla. No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 3 Ohio St., 5 p.m. (ESPN) America’s Line Favorite BILLS SEAHAWKS Bucs Ravens SAINTS STEELERS (Home team in CAPS) ——— NFL Open Current O/U Underdog Saturday Wild-card playoffs 6½ 6½ 51½ Colts 4½ 3½ 42½ Rams 7 8½ 45½ WASHINGTON Sunday Wild-card playoffs 3½ 3 55 TITANS 9½ 9½ 47½ Bears 3.5 6 47½ Browns Sermon Continued from A5 More people learned Ser- mon’s name last weekend when he rushed for 193 yards and a TD and caught four passes for 61 yards in Ohio State’s 49-28 victory over Clemson in a Col- lege Football Playoff semifinal, a game few prognosticators thought the Buckeyes would win. In the Clemson game, he was also the guy with the sly smile. ESPN cameras caught the engaging Sermon, his hel- met pushed back on his head, glancing up and smiling sheep- ishly, almost mischievously, after a replay showed he was down before rolling off a de- fender and trying to sell it to officials as a touchdown run. ESPN replayed the smile mo- ment a few times, and soon it was showing up in internet memes. Sermon ended up at Ohio State because he needed a place to play as a graduate transfer and the Buckeyes needed a seasoned performer in their injury-depleted running backs room. When he signed on in the spring, presumptive starter Master Teague III was rehab- bing from an Achilles tendon injury and his future was un- certain. Sermon, who was recruited by Ohio State as a prep player, arrived in Columbus with some bona fides. Gerald Herbert/AP Ohio State running back Trey Sermon stiff-arms Clemson’s Lannden Zanders during the Sugar Bowl on Friday in New Orleans. In the Buck- eyes’ two biggest games of the season so far, the Big Ten champion- ship game and the Sugar Bowl, Sermon has rushed for a combined 524 yards on 60 carries while scoring three touchdowns. He was the Big 12’s Offen- sive Freshman of the Year in 2017, scoring his first touch- down at Ohio Stadium on a pass from Baker Mayfield in a win over the Buckeyes. Joining Kyler Murray in the Sooners’ backfield in 2018, he had his best season, rushing for 947 yards and scoring 13 touch- downs. In his junior year, Sermon had to fight for playing time before his season was cut short by a knee injury in the ninth game. He graduated from Oklahoma so he could transfer without sitting out, and contin- ued to rehab his knee as the Big Ten stopped and started again because of the pandemic. Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Activated DE Austin Edwards from the reserve/COVID-19 list. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OLs Shaq Calhoun and Sean Harlow, WR Rico Gafford, LB Shareef Miller and DL Da- vid Perry to reserve/future contracts for the 2021 season. BUFFALO BILLS — Activated RB T.J. Yeldon from the reserve/COVID-19 list. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed C Anthony Fabiano. Activated LB B.J. Goodson and LB Elijah Benton from the reserve/COVID-19 list and practice squad/COVID-19 list. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Gary Jennings and RB Benny LeMay to reserve/future contracts for the 2021 season. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed TE Ricky Seals-Jones to the practice squad. Placed DE Michael Danna on the reserve/COVID-19 list. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed LS Liam McCullough to a reserve/futures contract. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Activated WR Cooper Kupp from the reserve/COVID-19 list. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Announced offensive coordinator Chan Gailey resigned. Signed WR Kisk Merritt to a reserve/ futures contract. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LB Michel Pinckney to a reserve/future contract. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed G Nick Easton on in- jured reserve. Designated WRs Michael Thomas and Deonte Harris from injured reserve. Activated RBs Latavius Murray and Dwayne Washington and practice squad FB Michael Bur- ton and DB Keith Washington from the reserve/COVID-19 list. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed RB Jordan Chunn to a reserve/futures contract. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived DB Kevon Seymour from injured reserve. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Designated OL Matt Feiler and LB Robert Spillane to return from injured reserve. Signed DB Trevor Williams to the practice squad. Released LB/LS Christian Kuntz. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Activated WR Trent Taylor from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Signed TE Chase Harrell and DB Jared Mayde to reserve/future contracts for the 2021 season. Waived LS Colin Holba. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Activated S Damarious Randall from the reserve/COVID-19-list. Signed CB Jordan Miller to the practice squad. Promoted TE Luke Wilson to the acive roster. Placed CB Jayson Stanley on injured reserve. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated OL Shaquil Bar- rett from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Signed LB Deone Bu- cannon to the practice squad. Released G Nick Leverett. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Marcus Johnson to the practice squad. Waived WR Rashard Davis. Designated OLB Tuzar Skipper from injured reserve. WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Signed RB Javon Leake to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Agreed to terms with RW Oliver Bjorkstrand for a five-year contract extension. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Re-signed C Luke Kunin to a two-year contract. VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed C Carson Focht to a three-year entry level contract. TOP 25 SCORES Wednesday’s Games No. 18 South Florida vs. Wichita St. No. 22 Northwestern 80, Wisconsin 55 PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Oregon 3 0 1.000 8 1 .889 UCLA 3 0 1.000 7 2 .778 Arizona St. 1 0 1.000 4 3 .571 Arizona 3 1 .750 9 1 .900 Stanford 2 1 .667 6 3 .667 Washington St. 1 1 .500 8 1 .889 Southern Cal 1 1 .500 6 2 .750 Colorado 1 2 .333 7 3 .700 Utah 1 2 .333 4 3 .571 Oregon St. 1 2 .333 5 4 .556 California 0 4 .000 5 6 .455 Washington 0 3 .000 1 7 .125 DEALS “It was pretty rough in the beginning,” he said. “Just com- ing here and not being able to be around everybody, and then everything gets shut down and then picks back up.” Playing behind Teague in the first four games, Sermon had 232 rushing yards and zero touchdowns. In the three games since, he’s rolled up 636 yards with four TDs while averaging 9 yards per carry. Coach Ryan Day said that with Teague sidelined again, Sermon got more carries, gained back some confidence and found his old groove. His tackle-breaking style and bursts in the secondary have drawn comparisons to Ezekiel Elliott, who helped carry Ohio State to a national champion- ship after the 2014 season. “The best part about Trey is when all that was going on, he never came into my office, never complained, never said ‘I need more carries,’ none of that stuff,” Day said. “Just kept his mouth shut and kept going to work. I think that is the best part of this whole story, is he just kept going every single day to work and never said any- thing about it. And now he’s playing at a high, high level.” Sermon, 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, is back on the radar of pro scouts and can move up the draft board if he can manage to stand out Monday among an array of other NFL- bound players, including Ala- bama’s Heisman Trophy win- ner DeVonta Smith. Jim Nagy, executive direc- tor of the Reese’s Senior Bowl and a longtime NFL scout, puts Sermon in the same category as Josh Jacobs, the former Ala- bama back drafted in the first round by the Las Vegas Raiders in 2019 despite getting stuck behind stars Damien Harris and Najee Harris on the Tide’s depth chart. “Josh Jacobs was a backup in college and is a stud in the NFL,” Nagy tweeted last month. “Trey Sermon has been a backup in college and he WILL be a stud in the NFL. Evaluate the player, not the depth chart.”