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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results MAACO Bowl Arizona State Boise State Today's games NHL Los Angeles Sharks 7:30 p.m. CSNC On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — W. Kentucky at Louisville •4 p.m., CSNC — Furman at Geor- gia •6 p.m., ESPN — Baylor vs. West Virginia, at Las Vegas •8 p.m., ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Honolulu NHL HOCKEY •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK — Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers Bowl games New Mexico Bowl Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio 24, Utah State 23 New Orleans Bowl La-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Marshall 20, FIU 10 Poinsettia Bowl TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24 MAACO Bowl Boise State 56, Arizona State 24 Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Miss. (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 3:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 11 a.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), 9 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 10 a.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma St. (11-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 5 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) 56 24 Sports OAKLAND (AP) — All-Star pitcher Gio Gonzalez said Thursday the Oakland Athletics have agreed to trade him to the Washington Nationals, and the deal is nearly fin- ished. ''It's 99 percent done,'' Gonzalez said in a phone interview. ''It's pend- ing a physical and I'm just waiting to hear from my agent.'' ESPN.com first reported the swap Thursday. A person with knowledge of the deal said Oakland will receive four players, including three top prospects: right-handers A.J. Cole and Brad Peacock, lefty Tom Milone and catcher Derek Norris. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the trade hadn't been final- ized, also said the Nationals would receive minor league right-hander Rob Gilliam from the A's. Gonzalez has been the subject of trade talk all offseason. Earlier this month, the A's traded fellow top-tier starter Trevor Cahill to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 26-year-old Gonzalez, draft- ed 38th overall by the Chicago White Sox in 2004, confirmed the trade to The Associated Press on Thursday. He went 16-12 last season — a career high for wins after he earned 15 victories in 2010 — with a 3.12 ERA in 32 starts and was selected to his first All-Star game. The left-hander has reached 200 innings the past two seasons. ''I love Oakland and appreciate them because they gave me a chance,'' Gonzalez said. Gonzalez would give the Nation- als the reliable starter they've been seeking for two years to go along with young arms Stephen Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann. General manager Mike Rizzo made it a top priority last offseason to land anoth- er talented pitcher, and came through this time. ''I think we're an outfield bat away and a starting pitcher away from really being a contender in the division,'' he said late in the 2011 season. Gonzalez was a big reason Oak- land led the AL in ERA (3.56) and shutouts (17) in 2010 while holding opponents to a .245 batting average. The Nationals went 80-81 this year to improve to third in the NL East after three straight last-place finishes in the five-team division. A's general manager Billy Beane is in rebuilding mode, stockpiling talent in the farm system with the 1B Friday December 23, 2011 A's trade Gonzalez MCT file photo Oakland Athletics pitcher Gio Gonzalez said he will be traded to the Washington Nationals. hopes of the franchise getting the go ahead to build a new ballpark some 40 miles south in San Jose despite the San Francisco Giants owning the territorial rights to technology-rich Santa Clara County. Beane and owner Lew Wolff have said they expect to hear soon from Commis- sioner Bud Selig — and Beane said the unsettled stadium situation would affect him being able to sign free agents this winter. The A's (74-88) haven't posted a winning record or earned a playoff berth since being swept in the 2006 AL championship series by Detroit. Beane also sent reliever Craig Breslow to the defending NL West champion Diamondbacks this month. That came after reliever Brad Ziegler was traded to Arizona in July. The A's appear to still be open to trading All-Star closer Andrew Bailey. Peacock made his major league debut in September, pitching in three games with two starts — winning them both — to go 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA. Milone also was a September call-up who made his debut in the big leagues. He went 1-0 with a 3.81 ERA in five starts. Milone was pro- moted after striking out 155 batters with just 16 walks this year at Triple- A Syracuse. Norris has good power for a catcher. He hit 20 home runs for Double-A Harrisburg. The 19-year-old Cole went 4-7 with a 4.04 ERA last season at Class-A Hagerstown. Gilliam, the A's eighth-round pick in 2009, went 12-7 with a 5.04 ERA and 156 strikeouts for Class-A Vancouver this year. Raiders, Chiefs hope QBs can lead them to playoffs KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Carson Palmer didn't stand much of a chance the last time he faced the Kansas City Chiefs. The Raiders had trad- ed for him just a few days after Jason Camp- bell went down with a broken collarbone, and thrust him into the game against Kansas City with little preparation. He was part of a com- bined six-interception performance by Oak- land quarterbacks in a frustrating shutout loss. In some ways, Kyle Orton understands what Palmer was going through. He was claimed off waivers from the Den- ver Broncos late last month, after Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel went down with a sea- son-ending injury to his throwing hand. Orton was also thrust into a tough spot last Sunday, making his first start for Kansas City against the unbeaten Green Bay Packers, and came through with a dazzling performance in a sur- prising victory. MCT file photo Carson Palmer will get a second chance at the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday. Now, Orton and the Chiefs face Palmer and the Raiders at Arrow- head Stadium on Sun- day, both teams needing to win to keep their flickering playoff hopes alive. ''They're a different team. We're a different offense now,'' Palmer said this week. ''They're playing a lit- tle bit differently now, and we're definitely playing a little bit dif- ferently.'' The Raiders have plenty of experience facing Orton from his days in Denver, and considering how they've fared against him, they should feel pretty good about their prospects. Orton is 1-3 as a starter against Oak- land, completing just a shade over 50 percent of his passes. But he's coming off a virtuoso performance against Green Bay in which he completed a career-best 74.2 percent of his throws for 299 yards without an inter- ception, one that came despite having little time to grow accus- tomed to his new team- mates and a sore index finger on his throwing hand. ''It'll be a work in progress every week, no doubt about it,'' Orton said. ''I'm excited about the way we played, though. We won the game and hopefully that's just a building block for us. I think we did a lot of good things on offense.'' The Raiders have grown more accustomed to Palmer since he took over in late October, though the results have been mixed. They won three straight at one point, only to follow up with a trio of losses that culminated with a melt- down last Sunday See QBs, page 2B