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Tehama Tracker Monday's results TicketCity Bowl Penn State Houston 30 14 Capital One Bowl Nebraska South Carolina Outback Bowl Georgia Michigan State 3OT 30 33 Gator Bowl Florida Ohio State 17 24 Rose Bowl Oregon Wisconsin 38 45 Fiesta Bowl Stanford Oklahoma St. NBA Warriors Phoenix STATS NHL Sharks Vancouver 2 SO 3 Today's games BOYS HOOPS Red Bluff Chico Orland Corning Liberty Christian Mercy 7:30 p.m. 102 91 LATE 30 13 Sports PASADENA (AP) — The Oregon Ducks had waited 95 years to win another Rose Bowl, and the last few seconds stretched for an eternity. The players in mirrored helmets held each other back on the sideline, wait- ing on tiptoes for video review to confirm Wis- consin was out of time. The call went Oregon's way. The Ducks stormed the hallowed field. The most futuristic team in college football had buried another bit of history, and that revolu- tionary offense finally has a shiny trophy that will look right at home among those eye-catching uni- forms. Darron Thomas passed for three touchdowns, De'Anthony Thomas scored on runs of 91 and 64 yards, and the No. 6 Ducks earned their first bowl victory under coach Chip Kelly, holding off the Badgers 45-38 Mon- day night in the highest- scoring Rose Bowl ever played. ''We had no doubt this year that we were going to come out and do big things,'' said Darron Thomas, who passed for 268 yards. ''It's a big statement for the Oregon MCT photo The Wisconsin Badgers' Jacob Pederson (48) takes on two Oregon Ducks, Dion Jordan (96) and John Boyett, right, before being brought down during second-quarter action in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Monday. program.'' Indeed: The last time Oregon won the Rose Bowl, beating Penn 14-0 in 1917, the players wore leather helmets, not those shiny numbers that exem- plify every innovation the Ducks have created dur- ing Kelly's three-year tenure. Oregon (12-2) showed off that creativity with 621 total yards — second- most in Rose Bowl histo- ry — against the tough Badgers, playing at its usual frantic pace until the final whistle. Lavasier Tuinei caught eight passes for 158 yards and two TDs for the Ducks, who had no postseason success to show for Kelly's other- wise wildly successful three-year tenure until this landmark offensive Michigan St beats Georgia in 3OTs 7 p.m. 1B Tuesday January 3, 2012 Oregon powers past Wisconsin performance. ''None of us were around 95 years ago, and we never talked about it,'' Kelly said. ''We're a for- ward-thinking operation, and we're always looking ahead.'' Maybe so, but it's unlikely anybody from Oregon will forget how this one ended. With two long passes, Russell Wilson moved the Badgers to the Oregon 25, but with 2 seconds left and no timeouts. After waiting for the ball to be set, he spiked it to set up a last-ditch heave to the end zone, but the clock hit zeros while he did it. The Ducks were win- ners after video review, holding Wisconsin score- less in the fourth quarter. ''It would have been nice to have a chance there,'' said Wilson, who passed for 296 yards and two scores. ''With 1 sec- ond left, I think we could have capitalized.'' The Ducks don't doubt it: The 98th Rose Bowl was that kind of game. The Granddaddy of Them All had never seen this many points, beating the record 80 scored by Washington and Iowa in See ROSE, page 2B Nash scores 21 in Phoenix's win over Warriors PHOENIX (AP) — Steve Nash is slowly playing his way into shape. 7:30 p.m. GIRLS HOOPS Red Bluff Chico Corning Orland Liberty Christian Mercy 7:30 p.m. Nash scored 13 of his game-high 21 points in the fourth quarter and rookie Markieff Morris added 16 points, helping the Suns beat the Golden State Warriors 102- 91 on Monday. ''It's going to be 7 p.m. MCT photo 7:30 p.m. SOCCER Willows Corning 3:15 p.m. Sugar Bowl Michigan Virginia Tech NBA Kings Memphis 5 p.m. CSNC On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Michigan St. at Wisconsin NHL HOCKEY •5 p.m., NBCSP — Detroit at Dallas SOCCER • 11:55 a.m., ESPN2 — Premier League, Liverpool at Manchester City Rangers rally to beat Flyers in Winter Classic PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alone in the cold, it was up to Henrik Lundqvist to pre- serve a Classic comeback. His signature moment came with 19.6 seconds left after New York defenseman Ryan McDonagh was whistled for cover- ing the puck in the crease. Flyers center Danny Briere streaked down the ice — a replica of the Liberty Bell and bundled-up fans behind his back — trying to send this one into overtime. Lundqvist dropped to his knees on top of a chilly baseball field and stoned Briere with his pads when the center tried to sneak it through his legs. This made-for-TV showcase had found its brightest star. Lundqvist stopped 34 shots, Brad Richards scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the New York Rangers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in the Winter Classic on Monday at Citizens Bank Park. ''I was just trying to be patient and do my thing,'' Lundqvist said.''He's a sneaky guy, and there was a lot of pressure on me.'' 5 p.m. ESPN Michigan State celebrates a 33-30 triple overtime win over the University of Geor- gia at he Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Monday. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Down a touchdown with less than two minutes remaining and a long way to go, Kirk Cousins found a way to give Michigan State a parting gift. A cornerstone of coach Mark Dantonio's rebuilding project, Cousins led a late rally in the fourth quarter and Dan Conroy kicked a 28-yard field goal in the third overtime to lift the 12th-ranked Spartans over the No. 18 Bull- dogs 33-30 Monday in the Outback Bowl. Michigan State (11-3) ended a five-game bowl losing streak with its first postseason win since beating Fresno State in the 2001 Silicon Valley Bowl. To do it, the Spartans — who had been 0-4 in bowl games under Dantonio — overcame a 16-0 halftime deficit and scored the tying touchdown with 14 seconds left in regulation. ''All week, all month, really, there was a sense of urgency in our preparation because the fact that for me as a senior, this was the last shot. Certainly all game long we felt that same way,'' said Cousins, who completed 27 of 50 passes for 300 yards and was intercepted three times. He was at his best during the tying 85-play, 10-yard drive in the closing minutes. ''And at halftime we had our doubts because of how successful their defense was in stopping us. ... But we found a way. It wasn't perfect, but we certainly showed character, and that's what I'm most proud of,'' Cousins added. ''We played with a great deal of matu- rity and toughness, and we weren't afraid. We didn't back down, and we found a way at the end. And that's what great teams do.'' Georgia's Blair Walsh became the South- eastern Conference's career scoring leader with a field goal in the second extra period. But he missed a 42-yarder in the first overtime after conservative play-calling and had a 47- yard attempt blocked on the final play of the game. The Spartans handed the Big Ten its lone win in three bowl matchups Monday against SEC opponents — Florida beat Ohio State and South Carolina stopped Nebraska. ''Big win against a great football team, against an SEC team, against a team that won their division and that was 10-2 in the regular season. ... There's not a football team that we cannot play with and not win against. We've done that,'' Dantonio said. ''We've beaten every football team in the Big Ten in the last four years. The standard has been set by our seniors. ... Two 11-win seasons, There's not too many football teams See 3OTS, page 2B tough,'' Nash said. ''I haven't played basketball in a long, long time and then to have only two weeks of camp. Today would nor- mally have preseason game number seven. It's going to take some time.'' Jared Dudley had 15 points, and Channing Frye and Shannon Brown added 10 each for the Suns, who have won two of three overall and six straight against the Warriors. Phoenix has not lost to Golden State at home since March 8, 2005, a 13-game stretch. ''We just kind of grinded it out,'' Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. ''We're not shooting the ball the way we're capable of shooting it but we shot a lot better today.'' Monta Ellis had 18 points, Dominic McGuire scored 14 and Brandon Rush finished with 13 points for the Warriors, who lost their first road game after opening the season with four in a row at home. ''You shoot 50 percent on the road, you should come out ahead with a win,'' said War- riors coach Mark Jackson. ''You put teams on the foul line, turn the basketball over and give up 16 offensive rebounds, it's a recipe for disaster. ''I understand this is a process but this is a 66- game season and we need to speed up the process,'' Jackson said. ''I will find guys that are playing well, competing and executing the game plan and if that means playing five guys 48 min- utes, I will.'' Golden State was without second-leading scorer and top rebounder David Lee, who was a late scratch after being hospitalized earlier Mon- day with an undetermined illness. Lee was receiving intravenous fluids at the hospital as doctors worked to determine if he had food poi- soning, the flu or another virus. 49ers will use playoff bye week to get healthy SANT A CLARA (AP) — Jim Harbaugh made one thing clear Monday: A playoff bye week is noth- ing like the break teams get midseason. Still, the NFC West champions are relishing some extra prep time considering all the players trying to get healthy ahead of the franchise's first playoff berth in nine years. ''It feels like an advantage. How big, we'll see,'' Harbaugh said of the extra week. ''I know this: We're not going to treat it like a vacation. It's not a midseason bye, in my view, where you can afford to come back in midseason form. We'll treat it as such. We'll get the players some well-deserved rest and the coaches will work hard on game planning and familiariz- ing ourselves with potential opponents. And we'll look for- ward to two good days of prac- tice this week.'' Harbaugh did acknowledge Monday he spoke about the schedule with big brother, John, the Baltimore Ravens coach whose team also gets the opening week of playoff games off as the AFC's second seed. ''Compared notes,'' Harbaugh said. ''Some things are the same, some are different.'' Many of the 49ers (13-3) are banged up and sore, so that's an important factor. Linebacker Patrick Willis is working to return to top form from a right hamstring injury, See 49ERS, page 2B