Brees lifts Saints over Chargers
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08/27/2010 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Drew Brees completed 18-of-27 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns, as the New Orleans Saints defeated the San Diego Chargers, 36-21, in the third preseason outing for each team from the Louisiana Superdome.
Patrick Ramsey connected on 10-of-18 passes for 191 yards, a touchdown, and an interception for the Saints, who improved to 2-1 in the preseason.
Chris Ivory rushed the ball 11 times for 45 yards and caught a 76-yard TD pass. Pierre Thomas carried the ball seven times for 41 yards.
Reggie Bush caught seven passes for 70 yards. Devery Henderson and Robert Meachem each had a receiving touchdown for New Orleans, which got three field goals from Garrett Hartley.
Philip Rivers connected on 16-of-27 passes for 167 yards and a touchdown for the Chargers, who fell to 1-2 in the preseason. Billy Volek threw a pair of interceptions and also ran in a touchdown.
Rookie Ryan Mathews rushed for 43 yards on 13 carries, while Jacob Hester ran for a TD.
Antonio Gates caught five passes for 66 yards, while Malcom Floyd hauled in four passes for 51 yards and a score.
Trailing 29-21 late in the fourth quarter, Volek led San Diego's offense down to the New Orleans 26. Leigh Torrence, though, picked off Volek's pass and returned it 87 yards the other way for a touchdown to seal the win for the Saints.
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Hill drove in the game-winning run with a single in the 11th inning, as the Toronto Blue Jays snuck past the Detroit Tigers, 3-2, in the second test of a four-game series at Rogers Centre. Adam Lind
<< Garcia pitches White Sox past Yankees
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A.J. Pierzynski and Omar Vizquel both knocked
in two runs to support a solid outing from Freddy Garcia, as the Chicago White
Sox beat New York, 9-4, in the opener of a three-game series between playoff
contenders
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and speeding in Scottsdale City Court on Friday.
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Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Young and David Murphy each knocked in two runs as Texas topped Oakland, 7-3, in the opener of a three-game series. Josh Hamilton added three hits and an RBI while Elvis Andrus and Vladi
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's hard to view the Carolina Panthers as anything but a
team in limbo, and it's difficult to see 2010 as anything but a way station
that precedes the organization's real future.
Start with the head coach, John Fox, who i
Busch holds off Bodine for Chicagoland truck win >>
Joliet, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch won his fourth consecutive NASCAR
national touring series race by taking Friday night's EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at
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Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa
Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.
Should be in:
Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?
Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.
Work left to do:
Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.
Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.
Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.
Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.
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