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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 2008
Page
11
The list outlines major college football bowl games on January 1 to January 8 2009 featuring Virginia Tech Cincinnati Alabama Utah West Virginia North Carolina Ohio State Penn State Southern Cal Texas and Florida with records shown for each team. The schedule includes Sugar Fiesta Rose BCS championships and related tie ins for the 2008 season.
West Virginia senior quarterback Patrick White led WVU to a 13 7 victory over South Florida. White passed for a first quarter TD and completed 14 of 23 passes for 141 yards while adding 40 rushing yards. Snow covered the field as fans wore white.
Bland County meets Rural Retreat and Hurley faces East Ridge Ky with Giles at Narrows in girls basketball action tonight.
The eighth annual Pocahontas Coal Association and Bluefield Daily Telegraph Player of the Year football banquet is set for Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Princeton Elks near Green Valley.
In Rogers Centre Toronto the Miami Dolphins defeated the Buffalo Bills 16-3 in the first NFL regular season game in Canada. Dolphins running back Ricky Williams rushed for 40 yards in his return to Toronto since his 2006 CFL stint with the Argonauts.
The Indianapolis Colts beat the Cincinnati Bengals 35-3 as the Bengals again managed only a field goal from Shayne Graham after 11 straight quarters without a touchdown. Indy keeps playoff hopes alive.
Pittsburgh erased a 10 point deficit scoring two touchdowns 24 seconds apart Deshea Townsend return for 26 yards on a interception with 1 40 left as Ben Roethlisberger connected with Heath Miller for a go ahead score and Nate Washington three times on a 67 yard drive Dallas fell short at Dallas 1 late fourth quarter drives stalled keeping New York atop the NFC East and securing the win streaks and playoff positioning.
Kerry Collins threw two TDs and Chris Johnson ran for 136 yards as the Titans thrashed the Browns 28-9 to clinch a second straight playoff berth and improve to 12-1, the franchise’s best 13-game mark. Cleveland dropped to 4-9 behind a revolving quarterback rotation as Ken Dorsey made his first start since 2005. Cleveland’s third straight loss in six games capped a rough stretch.
Virginia Tech defeats Navy 79-70 as an 18-2 second half surge turns the game. Whiskin Delaney leads with 21 points on 11 free throws, while A D Vassallo and Jeff Allen add 17 each. Navy’s Kaleo Kina posts 18 points and 10 rebounds in a double double.
Eagles beat the Giants 20 to 14 at East Rutherford as Brian Westbrook ran 30 yards for a score and caught a 40 yard pass. Donovan McNabb threw for 191 yards while the defense limited New York to 211 yards, ending the defending champs seven game win streak. Vikings edge Lions 20 16 as Detroit struggles to close out 0 13 season.
Florida and Oklahoma earned invitations to the BCS national championship game in Miami on January 8 after a decade of rise under Bob Stoops and years of decline followed by a resurgence for the Gators and Sooners. Oklahoma held No. 1, Florida No. 2 in the final BCS standings.
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