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Tehama Tracker Due to our print deadline prep football coverage can be found on our website redbluffdailynews.com Friday's results MLB Baltimore New York New York wins series 3-2 MLB St. Louis Washington St. Louis wins series 3-2 Saturday's games 8-MAN Loyalton Mercy 1 p.m. MLB Detroit New York 5 p.m. TBS Sunday's games MLB Detroit New York 1 p.m. TBS MLB St. Louis Giants NFL Raiders Atlanta N.Y. Giants 49ers 10 a.m. CBS 1:25 p.m. FOX Monday's games MLB St. Louis Giants 5 p.m. FOX On the tube Saturday AUTO RACING • 4:30 p.m., ABC — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Bank of America 500, at Concord, N.C. • 10:30 p.m., SPEED — Formula One, Grand Prix of Korea, at Yeongam, South Korea BOXING •7 p.m., HBO — Junior welterweights, Brandon Rios (30-0-1) vs. Mike Alvara- do (33-0-0); champion Nonito Donaire (29-1-0) vs. Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3), for IBF/WBO junior featherweight title, at Carson COLLEGE FOOTBALL • 9 a.m., ABC — Texas vs. Oklahoma, at Dallas •9 a.m., ESPN — Iowa at Michigan St. •9 a.m., ESPN2 — Northwestern at Minnesota •9 a.m., FSN — UAB at Houston •9 a.m., FX — Kansas St. at Iowa St. •9 a.m., NBCSN — Brown at Prince- ton •9 a.m., CSNC — Syracuse at Rut- gers • 10 a.m., CSNB — SMU at Tulane • Noon,FOX — Utah at UCLA • 12:30 p.m., ABC — Oregon St. at BYU • 12:30 p.m., CBS — Alabama at Mis- souri • 12:30 p.m., ESPN — Regional cover- age, West Virginia at Texas Tech or Illi- nois at Michigan • 12:30 p.m., FSN — Oklahoma St. at Kansas • 12:30 p.m., NBC — Stanford at Notre Dame • 12:30 p.m., NBCSN — Fresno St. at Boise St. • 12:30 p.m., CSNC—William & Mary at James Madison • 1:30 p.m., CSNB—Memphis at East Carolina • 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Boston College at Florida St. •4 p.m., FOX — Southern Cal at Washington •4 p.m., FSN — TCU at Baylor •5 p.m. ESPN — South Carolina at LSU •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Tennessee at Mis- sissippi St. GOLF •6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, third round, at Vilam- oura, Portugal • 10:30 a.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic, second round, at Conover, N.C. •1 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, third round, at San Martin • 4:30 p.m., TGC — Web.com Tour, Miccosukee Championship, third round, at Miami (same-day tape) • 6:30 p.m., TGC — LPGA Malaysia, third round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (same-day tape) MLB •5 p.m., TBS — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 1 MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Ice Breaker Tournament, championship game, teams TBD, at Kansas City, Mo. MEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER •4 p.m., FOX SOCCER — St. John's at Louisville NBA •5 p.m., WGN — Preseason, Chicago at Minnesota • 9:30 p.m., NBATV—Preseason, L.A. Clippers at Miami Sunday GOLF •6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, final round, at Vilam- oura, Portugal 5 p.m. FOX SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Smith, Carlos Rogers and Kyle Williams acknowledge what some of their other San Francisco team- mates might not: Sun- day's rematch with the New York Giants absolutely means a little more to the 49ers. The Giants ended San Francisco's season in frustrating fashion nearly 10 months ago — with a Super Bowl berth on the line. stewed for months about that near-miss in the NFC title game, a sting that only became worse when Eli Manning and the Giants went on to win another champi- onship. Many 49ers players West champion Niners (4-1) are attempting to downplay the Giants' return to Candlestick Park on Sunday for a hyped-up October show- down, Rogers knows there's still plenty of fuel all these months later. The 49ers lost 20-17 David Akers made their own public posts asking people to quit with the harsh comments toward the then-second-year pro and son of Chicago White Sox general man- ager Ken Williams. "You're talking about a year ago. It seems like a long time ago," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "It was a great foot- ball game, and really a defensive struggle. We had weather, we had all kinds of things, wind. For us, the contribution of special teams to allow us to have an opportunity was probably what I remember more than anything else." Afterward, New As much as the NFC in overtime, and still feel they gave it away. Williams became Bay Area enemy No. 1 after fumbling not once but twice in crunch time. "You say that it's just another game, but this is the team that knocked us out from going to the show," Rogers said. "There's just going to be a little more from each player to try to win this game against those guys. They're the champions. No matter what, if they didn't knock us out in that game, they're the defending champions. We want to perform against those guys just because of that." Fill-in Williams, play- ing in place of the injured Ted Ginn Jr., fumbled a punt in over- time that set up Lawrence Tynes' win- ning field goal. Williams also fum- bled with 11:06 left in regulation. The Giants won a challenge that the ball touched Williams' right knee and Devin Thomas made the first of his two recoveries on Williams' fumbles. That gave the Giants the ball at the 29 and Manning then threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Mario Manningham . Williams' awful day ignited a barrage of hate- ful, hurtful, even threat- ening comments directed at him via Twitter. Team- mates such as kicker • 10:30 a.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic, final round, at Conover, N.C. •1 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, final round, at San Martin • 4:30 p.m., TGC — Web.com Tour, Mic- cosukee Championship, final round, at Miami (same-day tape) • 6:30 p.m., TGC — LPGA Malaysia, final round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (same- day tape) Much has changed since Jan. 22, however. Now, Manningham and Brandon Jacobs are playing out West with the 49ers, though Jacobs (knee) has yet to see the field. Coach Jim Har- baugh and San Francisco general manager Trent Baalke immediately went to work upgrading their offense after the receivers managed just one catch for 3 yards against the Giants. Manningham said when he speaks to his Giants pals: "We joke around about the game, about what we're going to do to them and what they're going to do to us. That's friendly competi- tion. But believe me, they're going to be ready to play. I know what type of game these guys play on Sundays. I know they get started and I know how they go. Believe me, when they come in here, they're going to be ready to play." York's Jacquian Williams and Thomas indicated they were try- ing to hit Kyle Williams given his history of con- cussions, including one sustained Dec. 24 at Seattle that kept him out of the 49ers' regular-sea- son finale at St. Louis. The NFL later found that the Giants had not bro- ken any rules. Harbaugh sees no need to bring up the NFC title game, though he has called the Giants a "cruel" team. San Fran- cisco's preparation and focus since a Week 3 loss at Minnesota has been spot on, and the 49ers are coming off a record- setting day on their home field in a 45-3 rout of the Bills. That came on the heels of a 34-0 road thumping of the Jets. "It's new business to MLB •1 p.m., TBS — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 1 •5 p.m., FOX — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 1 MOTORSPORTS •3 p.m., SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, at Motegi, Japan (same- day tape) NBA • 11 a.m., NBATV — San Antonio at Houston MCT file photo The New York Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers in the last NFC Championship. me," Harbaugh said. This is a matchup of the league's two most efficient scoring teams. Manning has thrown for at least 200 yards in 24 straight games, the sec- ond-longest streak ever, while Smith is coming off the best game statisti- cally in his eight-year career. Against Buffalo, San Francisco amassed 621 yards and became the first team in NFL history with 300 yards rushing and 300 yards passing in the same game. 7 9 3 1 Sports Giants back to Candlestick for rematch with 49ers 3 New York Giants San Francisco 49ers CO (4-1) (12), PASS (3) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Teams split meetings last year with Giants winning NFC champi- onship game in San Francisco 20-17 in OT after Kyle Williams botched two punt returns into turnovers for 49ers. ... These are most efficient offensive teams in NFL with Giants scoring on league-best 51.8 percent of drives and 49ers second at 49.1 percent. ... Giants aver- age 469.3 ypg last four weeks. ... Giants QB Eli Man- ning thrown for at least 200 yards in 24 straight games, second longest streak ever. ... New York RB Ahmad Bradshaw coming off career-high 200 yards rushing vs. Cleveland last week. ... Giants WR Victor Cruz had three TD catches last week and 10 catches for 142 yards in NFC title game. ... Giants S Stevie Brown and LB Michael Boley tied for fifth in NFL with three take- aways apiece. ... 49ers outscored past two opponents 79- 3. ... San Francisco became first team to top 300 yards rushing and passing in same game last week vs. Buffa- lo. ... 49ers on record-setting pace with 6.1 ypc. Cleve- land in 1963 has record at 5.7. ... San Francisco gained at least 10 yards on more than one-fifth of carries. ... 49ers one of three teams running on more than half offensive plays. ...49ers QB Alex Smith leads NFL with 108.7 passer rating and is coming off third career 300- yard game. (16), PASS (22T) PASS (27) PASS (2) These teams have become cross-country NFC rivals after playing two thrilling games in as many months last sea- son. Raiders Oakland Manning was denied a comeback win at Candle- stick last November when Justin Smith batted down his pass in the closing seconds before San Francisco stopped the Giants on fourth down for the win. That victory helped the Niners improve to 8-1 on the way to earning a first- round bye. Manning completed an 18-yard pass to Man- ningham on fourth-and-6 and then a 10-yarder to Cruz on fourth-and-5 on the last-ditch drive. Man- ning just overthrew Man- ningham in the end zone with 2:52 left. "He's a magician," Harbaugh said of Man- ning, "That's what he is — 10 out of 10 in terms of respect." Atlanta Falcons Sunday 10 a.m. CBS OAKLAND (1-3) At ATLANTA (5-0) OPENING LINE — Falcons by 9∏ 1 No. 2 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Oakland 1-3; Atlanta 4- SERIES RECORD — Raiders lead 7-5 AP PRO32 RANKING — Raiders No. 28; Falcons Nov. 2, 2008 LAST MEETING — Falcons beat Raiders 24-0, LAST WEEK — Raiders had bye; Falcons beat Redskins 24-17 (32), PASS (12) (24), PASS (28) FALCONS OFFENSE — OVERALL (12), RUSH (21), PASS (7) FALCONS DEFENSE — OVERALL (17), RUSH RAIDERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (25), RUSH RAIDERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (25, RUSH 1B Weekend Oct. 13-14, 2012 Sunday 1:25 p.m. FOX NEW YORK GIANTS (3-2) At SAN FRANCIS- OPENING LINE — 49ers by 5 1/2 RECORD VS. SPREAD — New York 2-1-2; San Francisco 4-1 SERIES RECORD — Tied 18-18 AP PRO32 RANKING — Giants No. 7; 49ers No. LAST MEETING — Giants beat 49ers 20-17 OT, Jan. 22, 2012 LAST WEEK — Giants beat Browns 41-27; 49ers beat Bills 45-3 GIANTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH GIANTS DEFENSE — OVERALL (21), RUSH 49ERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (6), RUSH (1), 49ERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (7), (27), PASS (7) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Falcons 5-0 And the 49ers defend- ers planned to use any advantage they could find this week on how to stymie Manning, like gathering info on his ten- dencies from Jacobs and Manningham. "They're motivated to beat us," Giants defen- sive end Jason Pierre- Paul said. "I know they've got a chip on their shoulders. After all, we did beat them in the conference champi- onship game and we're going to go back there and they're going to give us their all. We're going to be ready for it and this is going to be a fight." He doesn't have to tell the 49ers that. "We lost the game, it wasn't our time, they beat us," tight end Ver- non Davis said. "There's a bitter taste in our mouth. That game, it hurt. We're still thinking about it a little bit, but we can't jump out of our skin. We have to contin- ue to stay focused." NFL • 10 a.m., CBS — Oakland at Atlanta • 10 a.m., FOX — Dallas at Baltimore • 1:25 p.m., FOX — N.Y. Giants at San Francisco • 5:20 p.m., NBC — Green Bay at Hous- ton PRO HOCKEY •2 p.m., ESPN2 — Kontinental Hockey League-Russia, Amur at Dynamo Moscow for first time in franchise history. ... Oakland first-year coach Dennis Allen served as Atlanta's defensive assis- tant and quality control coach from 2002-05. ... Falcons coach Mike Smith one win away from tying Dan Reeves as winningest coach in team history. Smith has career record of 48-21. Reeves went 49-59-1 with Atlanta from 1997-2003. ... Falcons never trailed in first three wins, but they have rallied in fourth quarter last two weeks. ... Raiders QB Carson Palmer on pace for career highs in attempts, completions and yards passing. ... Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez coming off best game with team, a 13-catch, 123-yard performance against Redskins. He also hauled in 99th touchdown pass of career. ... Atlanta tied with New England for best turnover margin in league, plus-10. ... Falcons S Thomas DeCoud has four interceptions. ... RB Darren McFad- den has been held under 35 yards rushing in three of Oakland's four games. Raiders rank last in league in rushing, averaged just 60.8 yards per game. ... Falcons QB Matt Ryan second-rated passer in league (106.1), trailing only San Francisco's Alex Smith (108.7). ... Atlanta K Matt Bryant 10-for-10 on season, including a 53-yarder. ... Oakland WR Darrius Heyward-Bey is expected to return after being knocked unconscious against Pittsburgh three weeks ago. Yanks beat O's, advance NEW YORK (AP) — CC Sabathia pitched a four-hitter and the New York Yankees once again came out on the right side of a disputed home run call against the Orioles in Octo- ber, beating Baltimore 3-1 Friday in the deciding Game 5 to reach the AL championship series against Detroit. Nate McLouth's bid for a tying homer in the sixth inning was ruled foul by the slimmest of margins. Sabathia hung on in the late innings for his first postseason complete game and defeated the Orioles for the second time in this division series Raul Ibanez hit a go-ahead single in the fifth off Jason Hammel and Ichiro Suzuki added an RBI double in the sixth. WNBA •5 p.m., ESPN2 — Playoffs, finals, game 1, Indiana at Minnesota WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL • Noon, ESPN2 — Minnesota at Nebras- ka Monday MLB •4:30 p.m., FOX — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 2 NBA •4 p.m., NBATV—Boston at Philadel- phia NFL •5:30 p.m., ESPN — Denver at San Diego