Spiller, Evans help Bills outlast Colts
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08/19/2010 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie first-round running back C.J. Spiller rushed for 54 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries, as the Buffalo Bills beat the Indianapolis Colts, 34-21, in a preseason game from the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Buffalo quarterback Trent Edwards finished 5-of-8 for 93 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown pass to Lee Evans to cap a high-scoring first quarter.
Peyton Manning did not play beyond the first quarter for Indianapolis. The veteran signal-caller went 8-for-15 for 91 yards with a touchdown and one interception that was returned by Buffalo's Terrence McGee 78 yards for a score.
After the Colts went three-and-out to open the contest, Spiller capped Buffalo's first offensive series with a 31-yard touchdown run.
Indianapolis answered on the subsequent possession, as Joseph Addai scampered 17 yards to the end zone.
The Bills were forced to punt on their next series, but McGee's interception return put Buffalo up 14-7 with six minutes left in the first quarter.
Manning then hit Jacob Tamme on a 21-yard touchdown to tie the game with 1:33 remaining in the opening frame, but Edwards hooked up with Evans just 52 seconds later to restore the lead for Buffalo.
It was 21-all after Indy backup QB Curtis Painter threw a 43-yard TD pass to Taj Smith. Rian Lindell's 24-yard field goal in the waning moments of the second quarter gave Buffalo a three-point lead at halftime.
Lindell kicked a 37-yarder in the fourth quarter, and Joique Bell added a two-yard TD run on the first play following the two-minute warning to seal the win for Buffalo.
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<< Spiller, Evans score Bills outlast Colts
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie first-round running back C.J. Spiller
rushed for 54 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries, as the Buffalo Bills beat
the Indianapolis Colts, 34-21, in a preseason game from the Rogers Centre in
Toronto
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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