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FORT WORTH, Texas—Landry Jones and Oklahoma treated their regular-season
finale like a championship game—and finished wearing caps and T-shirts
declaring the 12th-ranked Sooners the Big 12 champions. Tom Brady Red Jersey . The Sooners have to
share their eighth Big 12 title since they didnt get any help later from
archrival Texas. “Sharing it or not sharing it, winning the conference
championship is great,” Sooners defensive end R.J. Washington said. With their
24-17 victory Saturday, after TCUs fourth-down pass to the goal line in the
final minute fell incomplete, the Sooners (10-2, 8-1 Big 12) earned the right to
proclaim themselves Big 12 champs. They also might have locked up a BCS at-large
bid “In the end, its just great to be in this position and to be a winner
again,” coach Bob Stoops said. “For these guys, Big 12 champs, or co-champs,
theyre recognized as champions.” Jones threw for 244 yards with two touchdowns
and Damien Williams ran untouched 66 yards for a score as the Sooners won their
eighth consecutive Big 12 game since a late-September loss to Kansas State. But
the seventh-ranked Wildcats (11-1, 8-1), with the head-to-head tiebreaker over
OU for the Big 12s spot in the Fiesta Bowl, finished their regular season with a
42-24 win at home Saturday night over No. 23 Texas. The Sooners, whose only
other loss was to No. 1 Notre Dame, are in good shape for the final at-large BCS
berth Sunday. Kent States double-overtime loss to Northern Illinois in the MAC
championship game likely ended any chance for that league to get in the Bowl
Championship Series. Though the final standings come out tomorrow and either
Boise State and NIU could slip in. TCU (7-5, 4-5), the two-time BCS buster in
its first Big 12 season, lost all four of its conference games at home despite
going 4-1 in league games on the road. “We had a chance to win the game, simple
as that,” coach Gary Patterson said. “We gave up an easy touchdown when a couple
of freshmen blew an assignment.” The Frogs were still within a touchdown when
Oklahomas Mike Hunnicutt missed a 42-yard field goal attempt with just under 3
minutes left. After the Sooners won their last two games by scoring in the final
minute—to win at West Virginia, and then with 4 seconds left in regulation to
force overtime and beat Oklahoma State—their defence closed things out this
time. Frogs freshman quarterback Trevone Boykin, who finished 17-of-31 passing
for 231 yards, threw a 46-yarder to Cam White to the Oklahoma 12. On
third-and-10 from there, Boykin got in the end zone on a keeper, but the play
was called back because of a holding call—an obvious penalty that cleared the
way for the score. After hitting Josh Boyce for 7 yards, the Frogs had
fourth-and-13 from the 15 in the final minute when Boykin threw toward Boyce
again. But he couldnt make the play between two defenders. “We like to make them
interesting around this place,” Jones said. “Unfortunately we didnt finish it
the way we wanted to offensively, but the defence did.” The Horned Frogs
four-game home losing streak is their longest since five in a row from November
1996 to November 1997. Before this year, they hadnt lost consecutive home games
in the same season since 1998. Oklahoma has won the Big 12 in every
even-numbered year since Bob Stoops became coach in 1999. The Sooners, who also
won a conference title in 2007, have been to eight BCS games in that span. Just
a minute into the second half, Williams took a handoff, shot through a gap on
the left side of the line and sprinted undeterred to the end zone for a 21-7
lead. Jones, coming in off the first consecutive 500-yard passing games by a
Sooners quarterback, completed 22 of 40 passes. Williams had his fourth 100-yard
rushing game of the season, with 18 carries for 115 yards. After a 75-yard
Oklahoma punt, the Frogs had their second one-play scoring drive of the game.
Brandon Carter caught a pass behind the Sooners secondary and raced 80 yards for
a touchdown. Boykin fumbled later in the third quarter when he was sacked by
Washington, a play that was initially ruled an incomplete pass until overturned
on replay. That led to Hunnicutts 34-yard field goal. Jaden Oberkrom kicked a
47-yard field goal for TCU with 7 minutes left, which came after the Frogs had
lined up to go for it on fourth-and-4 from the 25 before a false start penalty.
Oberkrom was just wide right on a 32-yard attempt earlier in the fourth quarter,
though the freshman kicker held his hands out in disbelief and replays showed
the ball might have been inside the upright. Oklahoma had a 14-7 lead at
halftime after overcoming an interception by Jones that immediately led to a TCU
touchdown, then a personal foul penalty that set up a third-and-23 play. Sam
Carters interception and 42-yard return set TCU up at the 6. Boykin ran for a
score on the next play for a 7-7 tie. When Oklahoma got the ball back, Jones
quickly completed five consecutive passes to the TCU 22. On the same play Kenny
Stills dropped a pass near the goal-line, 303-pound lineman Tyrus Thompson was
called for a personal foul after twice punching the helmet of Stansly Maponga
while on top of the defensive end. That made it third-and-23 from the 24, but
Jalen Saunders caught a TD pass with Sam Carter defending him. “I didnt do my
job. I felt I should have made a play right there,” Carter said. “You never know
what could have happened.” Patrick Chung Jersey . The Jays selected the
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flexor pronator tendon. The 40-year-old Contreras had right elbow surgery last
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.C. —Sprint Cup points leader Greg Biffle feels hes running like he used to at
Darlington Raceway and thats bad news for the rest of the Southern 500 field. Rob Gronkowski Official Jersey . His 5-under
67 on Friday held up for a three-stroke lead, though Calcavecchia and others
began the second round while others finished the first. He was 1-over through
eight holes, and Tom Kite and Kenny Perry made up a stroke with even par front
nines. Tom Brady Authentic Jersey . Verdasco bested
fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar, 6-3, 7-5. Fifth-seeded Igor Kunitsyn of Russia
also advanced with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over French veteran Arnaud Clement.
Israels Dudi Sela, Spains Ivan Navarro and Dutch wild card Raemon Sluiter were
also victorious Sunday.NEW YORK —Carl Crawford was out of Bostons starting
lineup for Saturdays game against the New York Yankees and said his balky elbow
may need ligament-replacement surgery. After missing the first half of the
season because of left wrist and elbow injuries, Crawford returned July 16. Red
Sox manager Bobby Valentine said the teams medical staff had told him not to
start Crawford more than four days in a row. Crawford appeared in six straight
games when he returned, “I did a manager no-no thing and went against what I was
told to do. Never to be done again,” Valentine said. “I kind of did the old veto
power.” In the second season of a $142 million, seven-year contract, Crawford is
batting .222 (8 for 37) with one homer and two RBIs—connecting for a solo
homer as last-place Boston lost Fridays series opener 10-3. Valentine said he
hopes Crawford will be able to build up endurance so that the restriction can
end. Crawford anticipates he will need elbow surgery at some point. “I figure
one day itll blow out, and when that happens, timee to go,” he told Boston
reporters. Rob Gronkowski Red Jersey. “The later I wait
to get it done, the more time Im going to miss. I guess you guys can do the
calculation on that and see how that works. I definitely know that at some point
of my career I cant keep playing with this ligament in my elbow like that.”
Daniel Nava replaced him in left field. Crawford is a career .319 hitter against
CC Sabathia, the Yankees starting pitcher on Saturday. NOTES: RHP
Daisuke Matsuzaka, on the disabled list because of a stiff neck, is to make a
rehabilitation start Monday at Triple-A Pawtucket. ... RHP Scott Atchison (on DL
because right forearm strain) allowed three runs and three hits in an inning
during a rehab appearance for Pawtucket at Indianapolis on Friday night and felt
sore Saturday. Valentine said he likely will have an MRI. ... RHP Andrew Bailey,
on the 60-day DL following right thumb surgery, will make a rehab outing Monday
in the Gulf Coast League. Valentine said he anticipates Bailey will need about
eight rehab appearances. ’ ’ ’