Payments sprint by means of snow and 49ers; Eagles fly by Ravens; main school convention championship video games set

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🏈 The Soccer 5

1. The Steelers surged previous the Bengals, 44-38. Russell Wilson threw for 414 yards and three touchdowns, Najee Harris had 129 yards from scrimmage and Payton Wilson had a 21-yard scoop-and-score. At 9-3, Pittsburgh assured its twenty first straight season and not using a dropping report, tying the NFL report. Eighteen of these have been below Mike Tomlin, additionally a report. The Bengals are additionally making historical past … for his or her terrible protection.
2. Aided by a 92-yard choose six (thick six?) by defensive sort out Leonard Williams, the Seahawks beat the Jets, 26-21, a large end result within the NFC West contemplating the Cardinals dropped a 23-22 heartbreaker to the Vikings.
3. The Commanders emphatically ended their three-game skid with a 42-19 rampage over the Titans. Jayden Daniels threw for 3 touchdowns and ran for one more, and Washington earned an “A” in John Breech’s Week 13 grades.
4. Trevor Lawrence acquired carted off with a concussion after a large, unlawful hit from Azeez Al-Shaair, whose play led to each his ejection and a huge brawl. The Texans gained, 23-20.
5. Over in school soccer, there have been loads of questions on how Texas would adapt in its first yr within the SEC. Thus far, so good. The Longhorns are headed to the SEC Championship Sport in opposition to Georgia following a 17-7 win over Texas A&M. The protection is unimaginable. Is the offense ok? Chris Hummer answered that. Texas A&M’s offense was even worse, and now it is at a crossroads, Shehan Jeyarajah writes. Texas earned an “A-” in Jon Talty’s Week 14 grades.

🏈 Good morning to all, however particularly to …

THE BUFFALO BILLS …

The Payments dashed by means of the snow … and previous the 49ers, 35-10, in a sport that noticed and Josh Allen throw a landing to himself (kinda) and grow to be simply the second participant in NFL historical past with a number of touchdowns passing, a landing dashing and a landing receiving in a single sport. He joins Tony Canadeo, who did it in 1943.

The Payments clinched the AFC East with the win.

I am very joyful to report my assertion that Buffalo is the league’s greatest bad-weather workforce holds true.

I am lower than joyful to report I feel it is over for the 49ers, particularly after Christian McCaffrey (knee) departed early and did not return. San Francisco has merely been ravaged by accidents on each side of the ball, and until there is a miraculous late-season surge, there are large questions coming for an costly, growing older roster.

… AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Fly, Eagles, fly … even when your greatest work is definitely on the bottom, not by means of the air. Behind one other large Saquon Barkley efficiency and a terrific defensive effort, Philadelphia beat Baltimore, 24-19 in Week 13’s marquee matchup.

• Quiet for 3 quarters, Barkley had 63 of his 107 dashing yards within the fourth quarter. That included a 25-yard landing burst.
• Barkley’s 81.8 dashing yards per second half this season is on tempo to be the best on report since 1991.

However the protection is the story. After scoring a area objective and a landing on their first two drives, the Ravens managed simply 10 factors throughout their closing 9 drives. Derrick Henry was largely held in examine, and Baltimore’s broad receivers mixed for 5 receptions.

I haven’t got sufficient phrases to commend this makeover. The Eagles have been twenty fourth in defensive success price final season. They’re SECOND(!) this yr. It begins with the gamers: Rookies Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean have been excellent, children Nakobe Dean and Reed Blankenship have made the leap, and free agent addition Zack Baun is a star. Credit score Howie Roseman for locating these guys and Vic Fangio for placing them in positions to succeed. I am very impressed.

Lastly, Justin Tucker‘s struggles are formally a giant situation for Baltimore.

👍 Honorable mentions

🏈 And never such a superb morning for …

THE ATLANTA FALCONS …

Just a few weeks in the past, the AP Stylebook — aka the authoritative information for journalists — mentioned to not describe sports activities losses as “disasters.”

On one hand, I perceive their level.

Alternatively, the AP Stylebook did not watch the Falcons‘ 17-13 loss to the Chargers, as a result of Kirk Cousins‘ four-interception efficiency was an absolute … catastrophe.

• After an unpleasant interception to Tarheeb Nonetheless on the primary play of the second quarter, Cousins threw a good worse choose to Nonetheless — late, sluggish and inside on an out of doors route — who returned it 61 yards for a landing.
• It acquired worse: On third-and-goal with about 9 minutes left, Cousins inexplicably floated a ball into triple protection in the long run zone, which Marcus Maye intercepted.
• With below a minute left, Cousins had one final probability … and was intercepted by Derwin James.
• You may by no means guess which column Cousins falls in in Cody Benjamin’s Week 13 winners and losers.  

Just a few hours later, the Buccaneers survived a roller-coaster 26-23 extra time contest in opposition to the Panthers, that means Atlanta and Tampa Bay are tied atop the NFC South, although Atlanta holds the head-to-head tiebreaker. Jeff Kerr wonders if Tampa Bay can end a stunning comeback within the division race.

… AND ALSO NOT SUCH A GOOD MORNING FOR THE MIAMI HURRICANES

Miami performed with fireplace repeatedly, and on the most crucial juncture, it acquired burned. With an opportunity to make the ACC Championship Sport, Mario Cristobal‘s squad fell, 42-38, to Syracuse. Former Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord threw for 380 yards and three touchdowns, LeQuint Allen ran for 2 scores, and the Orange predictably ran out the ultimate 3:42 after Miami opted for a brief area objective that I hated within the second and hate much more now.

Not solely do the Hurricanes miss out on a convention crown, they could miss the Playoff, too, Will Backus explains.

• Backus: “The Hurricanes do not have a win in opposition to a ranked opponent on their résumé … From Sept. 27 to Oct. 19, Miami beat three unranked opponents in video games that both got here all the way down to the ultimate possession or the ultimate play. … Two of their final three regular-season video games resulted in losses to unranked opponents.”

In his Week 14 overreactions, Will says Miami merely is not CFP materials. Shehan Jeyarajah named Miami a Week 14 loser.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

🏈 School soccer recap: Michigan upsets Ohio State, combat erupts after; Buckeyes’ Playoff possibilities nonetheless sturdy

Throw out the information, the thousands and thousands of {dollars} Ohio State spent on its roster and the high-profile offensive coordinator addition of Chip Kelly this offseason. Relating to their greatest rival, Ryan Day and the Buckeyes simply cannot get it executed.

Michigan went to “the state down south” as 21-point underdogs and emerged with a 13-10 win over Ohio State, the Wolverines’ fourth straight win within the rivalry. An offensive slugfest grew to become an precise slugfest after the sport, with gamers preventing each other and getting pepper sprayed by law enforcement officials after Michigan gamers tried to plant a flag on the sector. Each faculties have been fined $100,000.

That was essentially the most combat Ohio State confirmed all afternoon, Dennis Dodd writes.

• Dodd: “Saturday was purported to be a pit cease for Ohio State on its method to Indy. As a substitute, Buckeye Nation wanted a barf bag. Ohio State did not rating within the second half. Not solely that, it did not have a lot as a primary down within the sport’s closing 20 minutes. A Michigan workforce that could not go (128th nationally) did not actually should. The Wolverines rammed it up the intestine 11 straight working performs for the game-winning area objective with 45 seconds left.”

There are a lot of instructions to take, and we took all of them:

However not all is misplaced. Jerry Palm nonetheless has Ohio State because the projected No. 8 seed within the School Soccer Playoff, and he explains why the Buckeyes are secure:

• Palm: “Absolutely the flooring for Ohio State within the School Soccer Playoff Rankings is No. 10 Indiana regardless of the actual fact the Buckeyes will probably end with yet one more loss than the Hoosiers. They’ve two top-10 wins, one among which was a dominant 38-15 victory over Indiana simply final week. … There’s additionally a case for the Buckeyes to remain forward of No. 8 Tennessee, which gained at Vanderbilt on Saturday.”

Ohio State is the unhappiest Playoff workforce ever, but it surely will get further time to stew — and transfer ahead. Listed here are the important thing convention championship video games:

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Lou Carnesecca dies at 99 years previous

Lou Carnesecca, the Corridor of Fame St. John’s coach who led the Purple Storm to 526 wins and a Remaining 4, died Saturday, the college introduced. He was 99 years previous.

• Carnesecca, a St. John’s alumnus, began teaching this system in 1965-66, main the Johnnies to a few NCAA Tournaments and an NIT title sport look in 5 seasons earlier than taking a job with the ABA’s New Jersey Nets.
• After three years with the Nets, Carnesecca returned to his alma mater in 1973, the place he’d coach till 1992. He had zero dropping seasons, posted eighteen 20-win seasons (together with back-to-back 30-win campaigns) and coached stars equivalent to Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson, Walter Berry and Malik Sealy.
• Carnesecca entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 1992 and the New York Metropolis Basketball Corridor of Fame in 1993. St. John’s named its area after him in 2004.

Carnesecca, merely, was an icon, Matt Norlander writes.

📺 What we’re watching Monday

🏀 Lakers at Timberwolves, 8 p.m. on NBA TV
🏈 Browns at Broncos, 8:15 p.m. on ESPN