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04/09/2011 - St. Paul, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Schmidt's deflection in front at 3:22 of overtime lifted Minnesota Duluth to its first men's Division I hockey title, as the Bulldogs beat Michigan, 3-2, Saturday night.
Travis Oleksuk had a goal and assisted on the game-winner. Max Tardy netted the other score for the Bulldogs. Kenny Reiter made 22 saves as Minnesota Duluth prevented the Wolverines from securing their 10th national title. The Bulldogs played in their first championship game since losing in four overtimes to Bowling Green in 1984.
Shawn Hunwick stopped 35 shots for Michigan, which received goals from Ben Winnett and Jeff Rohrkemper.
Freshman Justin Faulk had a chance to give the Bulldogs the win in the opening moments of overtime, but his shot from below the left circle was stuffed by Hunwick.
The Bulldogs later cycled the puck behind the net and Oleksuk sent a backhand pass to the front where Schmidt deposited the puck by Hunwick to send the Bulldogs and their fans into a frenzy.
Michigan had won its last two titles in overtime, both by 3-2 scores in 1996 and '98. On this night the Wolverines, who fell to 9-3 in national championship games, had to kill off numerous penalties, but still lost despite holding the Bulldogs to 1-of-9 on the man advantage.
The Bulldogs had a great chance to move in front first, but Jack Connolly's shot from near the right circle caromed off the crossbar 4:20 into the contest.
Winnett was called for interference at 5:46 of the first period, but Michigan killed off the Minnesota Duluth power play. He then gave the Wolverines the lead with 5:18 left in the opening period. Michigan won a left circle offensive zone faceoff and Winnett skated to the slot before firing a wrist shot that got past Reiter on the left side.
Hunwick started the second period by making a huge save on a point-blank shot, but the Bulldogs evened the contest at the 1:39 mark on Oleksuk's tally. He knocked a bouncing puck from below the right circle past Hunwick.
The Bulldogs went in front on a power play goal by Tardy at 9:31 of the second period. He shot the puck from the left side, near the net. Hunwick made the initial save, but left the rebound on the doorstep for Tardy's first goal of the season.
Michigan tied the game with 2:14 left in the middle stanza on Rohrkemper's third goal of the season, a rebound from the slot.
Michigan defenseman Greg Pateryn made an incredible sweep of a trickling puck just before it crossed the goal line, to keep the game tied. Then a short time later, with about seven minutes left in regulation, the action shifted to the other end when Reiter made a spectacular sprawling save.
Michigan coach Red Berenson suffered his first loss in a championship game.
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St. Paul, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Schmidt's deflection in front at 3:22 of
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Terrell Owens could return for Cowboys next game
A bye week will allow Terrell Owens broken hand to recover just in time for the next game the Dallas Cowboys are slated to play, according to reports. MySportsbook.com, an football sportsbook, has posted football betting lines on TO playing.
Owens broke the bone leading to his right ring finger Sunday night and had a plate surgically attached to it Monday. Although Owens' hand was swollen and aching Wednesday, Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said he's optimistic the receiver will be back at work next week and catching passes a week from Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.
MySportsbook.com online sportsbook listed Terrell Owens with odds of 7-2 (or $7 paid out for every $2 bet) to return back for the game against Tennessee.
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Owens did not speak with reporters Wednesday, but said Sunday he'd be out two to four weeks. A return against the Titans would be 13 days after the surgery. The Cowboys were listed as an early -7 1/2 favorite vs. the Tennessee Titans for Week 4 at MySportsbook.com
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NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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