SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Seahawks kept their flickering
playoff hopes alive by beating Philadelphia 31-14 as Marshawn Lynch
ran for 148 yards and a pair of first-half touchdowns. The Seahawks
have won three of four to improve to 5-7 while the Eagles dropped
into the NFC East cellar with a 4-8 record.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)-The West Virginia Mountaineers are alive to get
the Big East's automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series.
Tyler Bitancurt kicked a 28-yard field goal as time expired and No.
22 West Virginia clinched a share of the Big East championship by
beating South Florida 30-27 and the Mountaineers probably will get
the BCS bowl berth if Cincinnati beats Connecticut on Saturday.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Add Texas A&M to the list of
schools looking for a new football coach. The Aggies sacked Mike
Sherman, the former Green Bay Packers coach, after he went 25-25 in
four seasons that included a 6-6 record this year.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Ducks will have home-field
advantage for the inaugural Pac-12 title game tonight against UCLA.
The eighth-ranked Ducks carry a 10-2 record and are whopping
31-point favorites against 6-6 UCLA, which has already informed
coach Rick Neuheisel that he will not be returning next season.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Wildcats blocked a
school-record 18 shots in blowing away St. John's 81-59 to improve
to 7-0 heading into Saturday's showdown against fifth-ranked North
Carolina. Freshman Anthony Davis scored 15 points, grabbed 15
rebounds and had eight blocked shots.
