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2B Daily News – Monday, January 2, 2012 Scoreboard NFL Final Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WL T Pct y-N England13 3 0 .813 N.Y. Jets 8 8 0 .500 Miami 6 10 0 .375 Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 South WL T Pct y-Houston 10 6 0 .625 Tennessee 9 7 0 .563 Jacksonville 5 11 0 .313 Indianapolis 2 14 0 .125 North WL T Pct y-Baltimore 12 4 0 .750 x-Pittsburgh12 4 0 .750 x-Cincinnati 9 7 0 .563 Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 West WL T Pct y-Denver 8 8 0 .500 San Diego 8 8 0 .500 Raiders 8 8 0 .500 Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East WL T Pct y-N.Y. Giants9 7 0 .563 Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 Dallas 8 8 0 .500 Washington 5 11 0 .313 South WL T Pct y-N Orleans13 3 0 .813 x-Atlanta 10 6 0 .625 Carolina 6 10 0 .375 Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 North WL T Pct y-Green Bay15 1 0 .938 x-Detroit 10 6 0 .625 Chicago 8 8 0 .500 Minnesota 3 13 0 .188 West WL T Pct RAIDERS Continued from page 1B his collarbone, delivered the kind of performance the Raiders expected, throwing for 417 yards and two touch- downs. But Oakland had to settle for four field goals by Sebastian Janikowski, mismanaged the clock late in the first half and could never stop Rivers and the Chargers offense. The Raiders set single-season records for penalties and yards penal- ized by committing eight for 64 yards. That gave them 163 for 1,358 yards, surpassing the totals of 158 for 1,304 set by the 1998 Chiefs. The record-set- ting penalty was a hold by Rock PASADENA (AP) — The Rose Bowl is a living archive of football tradition. Every year, teams partici- pate in the same oceanside pep rallies, Disneyland vis- its and Hollywood beef-eat- ing extravaganzas before those flowered parade floats glide down Colorado Boulevard right before the game. All that history suits No. 9 Wisconsin perfectly. Coach Bret Bielema has built a Midwest powerhouse by largely adhering to tradi- tional styles and schemes, determined to win Rose Bowls with unapologetical- ly old-fashioned football. And though No. 6 Ore- gon usually seems to be vis- iting our planet from the near future, coach Chip Kelly's Ducks also love every bit of the history they NFL Playoff Glance By The Associated Press Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 7 Cincinnati at Houston, 1:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 Atlanta at New York Giants, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:30 p.m. Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 Atlanta, N.Y. Giants or New Orleans at San Francisco, 1:30 p.m. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Denver at New England, 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Denver or Houston at Balti- more, 10 a.m. Detroit, Atlanta or N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 1:30 p.m. Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 TBD y-49ers 13 3 0 .813 Arizona 8 8 0 .500 Seattle 7 9 0 .438 St. Louis 2 14 0 .125 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Sunday's Games Chicago 17, Minnesota 13 New Orleans 45, Carolina 17 Green Bay 45, Detroit 41 San Francisco 34, St. Louis 27 Tennessee 23, Houston 22 New England 49, Buffalo 21 Miami 19, N.Y. Jets 17 Jacksonville 19, Indianapolis 13 Philadelphia 34, Washington 10 San Diego 38, Oakland 26 Kansas City 7, Denver 3 Arizona 23, Seattle 20, OT Atlanta 45, Tampa Bay 24 Baltimore 24, Cincinnati 16 Pittsburgh 13, Cleveland 9 N.Y. Giants 31, Dallas 14 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Honolulu NFC vs. AFC Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Indianapolis NBA At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB New York 2 2 .500 — Philadelphia 2 2 .500 — Boston 2 3 .400 1/2 Toronto 1 3 .250 1 New Jersey 1 4 .200 1 1/2 Southeast Division WL Pct GB 5 0 1.000 — Miami Orlando 4 1 .800 1 Atlanta 3 1 .750 1 1/2 Charlotte 1 3 .250 3 1/2 Washington 0 4 .000 4 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Chicago 4 1 .800 — Indiana 3 1 .750 1/2 Milwaukee 2 1 .667 1 Cleveland 2 2 .500 1 1/2 Detroit 1 3 .250 2 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WL Pct GB San Antonio 3 1 .750 — Houston 2 2 .500 1 New Orleans2 2 .500 1 Memphis 1 3 .250 2 Dallas Pacific Division WL Pct GB L.A. Lakers 3 3 .500 — Warriors 2 2 .500 — Kings 2 3 .400 1/2 L.A. Clippers1 2 .333 1/2 Phoenix 1 3 .250 1 ——— Saturday's Games L.A. Lakers 92, Denver 89 Detroit 96, Indiana 88 Houston 95, Atlanta 84 New York 114, Sacramento 92 Oklahoma City 107, Phoenix 97 San Antonio 104, Utah 89 Philadelphia 107, Golden State 79 Sunday's Games Cleveland 98, New Jersey 82 Miami 129, Charlotte 90 Orlando 102, Toronto 96 Boston 94, Washington 86 Minnesota 99, Dallas 82 Denver 99, L.A. Lakers 90 Chicago 104, Memphis 64 Sacramento 96, New Orleans 80 Portland at L.A. Clippers, late Monday's Games 1 4 .200 2 1/2 Northwest Division WL Pct GB Okla City 5 0 1.000 — Portland 3 0 1.000 1 Denver 3 2 .600 2 Minnesota 1 3 .250 3 1/2 Utah 1 3 .250 3 1/2 Cartwright on the opening kick of the second half. The day got off to a bad start for the Raiders, who were eliminated from the wild-card chase when Tennessee held on to beat Houston 23-22 and the New York Jets lost 19-17 at Miami. But there were no score updates given all day at the Coliseum as Jackson wanted his team to keep focused on the task at hand. The game started off well as Oak- land drove 95 yards on its first posses- sion to score on Palmer's 3-yard TD pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey. The drive was aided by a pair of personal fouls against San Diego, including one that got San Diego's leading sacker Antwan Barnes ejected for unsports- manlike conduct. see out of their mirrored helmets. Golden State at Phoenix, 12:30 p.m. Washington at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 6 p.m. Tuesday's Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 6 p.m. Houston at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NHL At A Glance By The Associated Press But Oakland then allowed a 38-yard TD pass from Rivers to Antonio Gates, a 1-yard run by Tolbert after a pass interference call in the end zone against Stanford Routt tied the single-season penalty record and Goodman's 105- yard kickoff return for a score. The Raiders trailed 24-13 at the break, missing a chance at points in the closing seconds when they completed a 6-yard pass to Louis Murphy inbounds with 8 seconds and were unable to stop the clock. Notes: Mark Davis lit the flame honoring his late father Al Davis before the game. ... The Raiders allowed a franchise-worst 31 TD pass- es this season. ... Goodman's kickoff return TD was the first for San Diego since 2008. Old-school Badgers, newfangled Ducks in Rose Bowl The last two losers of the Rose Bowl will return Mon- day for a chance at redemp- tion in the 98th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All, matching two offenses with thoroughly disparate strategies for racking up similarly huge numbers on the scoreboard. ''You can't get two teams much more different than these, but that's why I think it's going to be a great game,'' said Bielema, who has led the Badgers to their first back-to-back Rose Bowls in a dozen years. ''We do things a certain way at Wisconsin like we've done them in the past, and Oregon always has some- thing new for you. People are going to see something special in this matchup.'' Bielema was a defensive lineman at Iowa in the 1991 Rose Bowl, which featured the most total points (80) in the game's history. That record could fall before sun- set in Arroyo Seco if quar- terback Russell Wilson gets the Badgers (11-2) rolling and Oregon's Darron Thomas can orchestrate his offense's usual success. ''We'll be comfortable from the jump, because we've already played in these types of games before,'' said Thomas, a redshirt at the Rose Bowl two years ago. ''Everybody wants to knock us off, so they come with their best punch. It's not really pres- sure, but we want to win one.'' Both teams head into the Rose Bowl with impressive pedigrees of recent success — except in bowl games. Two-time Big Ten cham- pion Wisconsin lost the Rose Bowl to TCU last year, while three-time Pac- 12 champion Oregon was beaten by Ohio State two years ago before falling in the BCS title game last Jan- uary. The Ducks are the only school playing in their third straight BCS bowl this season, while the Badgers are looking for just their second bowl win in five years. Although Oregon has revolutionized college football with everything from its hurry-up offenses to its wildly inventive uni- form looks, Kelly relishes this matchup and this stadi- um more than, say, the site of the BCS title game in suburban Phoenix last year. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT N.Y. Rangers36 23 9 4 Philadelphia36 22 10 4 Pittsburgh 38 21 13 4 New Jersey 37 21 15 1 N.Y. Islanders 36 13 17 Northeast Division GP W L OT Boston 35 24 10 1 Ottawa 39 19 15 5 Toronto 38 1815 5 Buffalo 38 17 17 4 Montreal 39 14 18 7 Southeast Division GP W L OT Florida 39 20 12 7 Winnipeg 38 19 14 5 Washington 37 20 15 2 Tampa Bay 37 17 17 3 Carolina 40 13 21 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Chicago 38 24 10 4 Detroit 38 24 13 1 St. Louis 38 21 12 5 Nashville 39 21 14 4 Columbus 38 10 23 5 Northwest Division GP W L OT Vancouver 39 24 13 2 Minnesota 40 21 13 6 Colorado 40 21 18 1 Calgary 40 18 17 5 Edmonton 37 15 19 3 Pacific Division GP W L OT Los Angeles39 19 14 6 Dallas 37 21 15 1 Sharks 34 19 11 4 Phoenix 39 19 16 4 Anaheim 37 10 21 6 Saturday's Games Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Edmonton 1 New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1 Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 2 Phoenix 4, Minnesota 2 49ERS Continued from page 1B including five in the first half of the two St. Louis meetings. He missed on a 48-yarder, but clicked from 36 and 42 yards. Davis also had a big day for a team short of pass catchers and Tarell Brown had a pair of interceptions that led to touchdowns. The 49ers held St. Louis to just 157 total yards in a 26-0 victory that clinched the NFC West in Week 12 but were hanging on at the finish of the rematch after the Rams scored two touchdowns in just 13 seconds. Brandon Lloyd caught a 36-yard touch- down pass from Kellen Clemens, the Rams recovered Josh Brown's on-side kick and Cadil- lac Williams scored on a 1-yard run with 4:39 to go one play after Lloyd drew an interference call on Brown in the end zone. The Rams were res- cued from the ignominy of landing the No. 1 draft pick for the second time in three years when the Colts (2-14) lost 19- 13 to the Jaguars. The Colts hold the tiebreaker based on opponents' strength of schedule, leaving St. Louis with the second overall pick and their fourth top-two pick in five seasons. The 49ers' record is their best since another 13-win season in 1997 under another rookie coach, Steve Mariucci. The Rams scored 17 points in the fourth quar- ter, six better than their NFL-low game average, but were down to untest- ed Tom Brandstater and third-and-17 after Clemens injured his right ankle on a sack by NaVorro Bowman with 2:46 to go. Brandstater threw two incomple- tions, the 49ers took over at their own 40 and needed just one first down to seal it — and exhale. ''I think we kind of got a little relaxed and didn't play the type of defense we're supposed to play,'' linebacker Patrick Willis said. ''It can turn on you in a mat- ter of seconds and that's what happened, and we can't allow that to hap- Florida 3, Montreal 2 Winnipeg 3, Toronto 2 Detroit 3, St. Louis 0 Washington 4, Columbus 2 Dallas 4, Boston 2 Colorado 4, Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 1 Sunday's Games Nashville 5, Calgary 3 Monday's Games N.Y. Rangers vs. Philadelphia at Philadel- phia, PA, noon New Jersey at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Edmonton at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4 p.m. Calgary at Washington, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 4 p.m. Phoenix at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 5 p.m. Moves Sunday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Acquired RHP Myles Jaye and RHP Daniel Webb from Toronto for RHP Jason Frasor. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Assigned C Hamady Ndiaye to Iowa (NBADL). HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Suspended St.Louis D Ian Cole for three games for delivering an illegal check to the head of Detroit F Justin Abdelkader Saturday. pen going forward.'' The 49ers finished 6- 2 on the road, the fran- chise's best showing since 1996. Harbaugh is just the fourth rookie head coach to win 13 games and third by the 49ers, topped by George Seifert's 14-2 showing in 1989. Clemens ran for an 18-yard score to give the Rams the early lead. Clemens made his third straight start in place of Sam Bradford (high left ankle sprain) and A.J. Feeley (broken right thumb). Bradford, the top pick in 2010, missed his fourth straight game and sixth overall. Spagnuolo is just 10- 38 in three seasons and his job is in jeopardy coming off a total bust this year on the heels of a six-win improvement last season. Attendance was announced as 55,990, about 9,000 shy of capacity at the Edward Jones Dome, but the stadium appeared no better than half-full and drained quickly in the second half. Owner Stan Kroenke did not attend the game. Spagnuolo talked opti- mistically about offsea- son plans and never fret- ted that this could have been his final game. ''I don't go there. I think you know me well enough,'' Spagnuolo said. ''In the middle of that game, in the fourth quarter as exciting as it was? Nah.'' Crabtree had 92 yards on nine receptions and Davis had 118 yards on eight catches, his second 100-yard game of the year. Steven Jackson had 76 yards on 16 carries for the Rams, a huge improvement over the first meeting against the 49ers in early December when he was held to 19 yards on 10 carries, before injuring his left bicep in the third quar- ter. Notes: Gary Pinkel, who coached the 49ers' Aldon Smith and the Rams' Danario Alexan- der at Missouri, was on the sideline before the game. ... 49ers FB Bruce Miller (left knee) was sidelined in the sec- ond quarter, but was in uniform testing it with sprints before halftime. ... Clemens said X-rays were negative. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY redbluffdailynews.com/jobs