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2B Daily News– Wednesday, November 21, 2012 NCAA High-profile player losses doesn't slow Stanford down recent ''movie night'' held before every game, Stanford coach David Shaw quieted his players to announce that the women's basketball team had beaten top-ranked Baylor. The room erupted in excitement, and Shaw shushed everybody again to make one more statement. ''I said, 'OK, now it's our turn,''' Shaw said. ''It was just kind of like, 'OK, yeah.''' The trend started on the Hawaii hardwood, moved onto the football field in Eugene and finally floated all over Twit- ter, where Stanford players put the perfect label on an unfor- gettable weekend: Revenge of the Nerds. Tara VanDerveer's team ended Brittney Griner and the Lady Bears' 42-game winning streak. Shaw and his players outsmarted No. 1 Oregon 17-14 in overtime Saturday to complete a dramatic double, and ''Nerd Nation'' — as ath- letes across all sports on this quant Silicon Valley campus call themselves — enjoyed a giant I-told-you-so celebration. The victories went well beyond the Cardinal getting pay- back on the programs that ruined each team's national title hopes last season. Both showed that success can still be reached well after Andrew Luck and Nnemkadi Ogwumike — the No. 1 overall draft picks in each sport — have left The Farm. ''I think it was special,'' Shaw said Tuesday. ''You could STANFORD (AP) — During the football team's most draw a parallel to say that the women's basketball team lost one of the best players in the country, but they want to prove that they're a good team. We can say that we fall into that cat- egory also, whereas we lost the best player in the country in our sport, and we also want to prove to ourselves as well as to other people that we're a good football team that can com- pete against anybody.'' Consider it done. NHL LOCKOUT Bargaining continues today NHL owners and players are staying apart for just one day. Negotiations aimed at ended the NEW YORK (AP) — This time, league's lockout will resume Wednes- day morning at the NHL office, the players' association said in a statement Tuesday. Before Monday night's 90- minute bargaining session, it had been eight days since the sides got together. Whether the players' association will bring a new complete proposal, as requested by the NHL on Monday, to the next round of talks remained uncertain. But the union huddled for internal conversations after negotia- tions ended, and continued talking on Tuesday — pushing further bargaining back a day. ''It looks like tomorrow,'' NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press in an email Tuesday. ''No other details at this point.'' Tuesday and already has wiped out 327 games. More cancellations could be coming soon without a new deal. While neither side offered much insight following Monday night's talks, there didn't seem to be any of the anger that reportedly existed when the previous negotiations ended a week earlier. Both sides looked forward to The lockout entered its 66th day 49ERS (Continued from page 1B) Along with losing Luck to the Indianapolis Colts, three other Stanford players were selected in the top 42 picks in April's NFL draft, and both starting safeties and wide receivers are also on NFL rosters or practice squads now. Taking down the previously undefeated Ducks at amped-up Autzen Stadium has surprisingly put the Cardinal (9-2, 7-1) in control to host the Pac-12 Conference championship game — something a Luck-led team never did — if they can beat No. 15 UCLA on Saturday. VanDerveer is still learning how her team will play over the course of the season after losing Ogwumike to gradua- tion and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. The Hall of Fame coach has talked to her team since training camp about what the football program has been able to accomplish long after its leader left, citing examples of defense and unselfishness that go beyond any one player. The women's team got even more pumped up when they were informed over the public address system during pregame warm-ups against Hawaii on Saturday that the foot- ball team had upset Oregon. ''When they did it, they could hear us cheering from Hawaii,'' said VanDerveer, whose Cardinal (5-0) beat Bay- lor 71-69 and eventually captured the Rainbow Wahine tour- nament in Honolulu to become the top-ranked team in the latest Associated Press poll. ''When we won, we could hear them cheering from Oregon.'' The rigorous academics, adjacent facilities and shared dining halls naturally bring Stanford athletes closer together. The football and women's basketball teams, however, have grown even tighter behind the rallying cry of Nerd Nation. ''It's sort of like a conspiracy,'' joked junior forward Chiney Ogwumike, the younger sister of Nnemkadi. Football players first began to embrace the stereotype when former coach Jim Harbaugh brought a more physical, run-first style to the program and opponents often teased that a team full of future venture capitalists, engineers and even politicians couldn't be tough. The women's team took it a step further last season, when the Ogwumike sisters created a spoof video called ''Nerd City Kids'' that included football players. The video went viral all over YouTube and social media. Ogwumike said she has even lobbied for a banner to be placed at the campus' entrance that reads: ''Welcome to Nerd City.'' ''It's having a little chip on our shoulder, but also coach to reach 20 victo- ries by reaching the mark in 26 games. He could face a tough decision on who to start under center against the Saints (5-5). Kaepernick went 16 for 23 for 243 yards, two touchdowns and an impressive passer rating of 133.1 in his first NFL start. The second-year pro, a second-round draft pick out of Nevada in 2011, hardly seemed fazed by football's big stage. He directed scor- ing drives on the Niners' initial four possessions and completed 12 of his first 14 passes with a 57- yard throw to Kyle Williams that set up Ver- MLS (Continued from page 1B) acknowledging that the culture around here for athletics is a little bit different and embracing that,'' Mohawk-wearing middle linebacker Shayne Skov said. men for managing his worldwide celebrity alongside his soccer career, his next destina- tion could be Australia's A League, where five clubs have confirmed interest in acquiring him to boost the sport's rela- tively low popularity Down Under, or China's Super League, where Didier Drogba and Nico- las Anelka already are playing for Shanghai Shenhua. Players for each team said the departure of their tran- scendent teammate drove players to prove the program went beyond any one player — a sentiment both Luck and Nnemkadi Ogwumike used to share with anybody who would listen, though few often did. Now more than ever, no longer can anybody — including coaches — be complacent. No longer can the team depend on its most dominating player to steal a victory, and nobody's talents — or flaws — can be covered up. ''Knowing that people are kind of like, what are you going to do without Neka? Everybody just kind of like comes together,'' forward Taylor Greenfield said. ''We have so many more and so many different weapons this year and so many opportunities for other people to step up, so I think people are more excited.'' Past failures also have pulled the programs together. Softball Fusion Baseball Beckham politely declined to give any indi- cation where he'll play in the new year — but he confirmed he plans to become an MLS owner in the near future, sounding his usual optimistic notes about soccer's future in North America. Beck- ham's MLS contract includes an option to pur- chase a franchise when his career ends. He also did nothing to squash growing specula- tion he could become at least a part-owner of the Galaxy if he doesn't get an MLS expansion team. AEG, the sports conglom- erate that owns the Galaxy and the NHL's Los Ange- les Kings, is for sale. ''The foundations are when they would reconvene to try to reach the elusive deal that would end the lockout that has already shortened the season and threatens scrap it com- pletely. ''We talked about various things,'' union executive director Donald Fehr said Monday. ''No new proposals were made, they were not expected to be made. We had hoped to engage them in a discussion about the player-contract- ing issues that are so important to the players. At least (Monday) they were unwilling to do that.'' The prevailing question is when will one side say something the other really wants to hear. These negotiations have been going for a while, yet there hasn't been any kind of breakthrough to pave the way to a new collective bargaining agreement. Both sides know the lockout has inflicted a lot of damage on the sport that produced record revenues of over $3 billion last season. Every day of lost time is hurting everyone, and at some point owners and players will have to decide how much of the losses each side will have to absorb. ''I think every week is important in the process,'' Daly said Monday. ''I don't attach a particular significance to this week over last week or next week. I want to play tomorrow.'' non Davis' 3-yard TD on the next play. ''Thought Colin did an outstanding job,'' Harbaugh said after the game. ''Poise in the pocket, pushing the ball and throwing with accu- racy. Did a nice job run- ning the game plan. Everything he did was exemplary, again.'' Harbaugh said he would go with the ''hot hand'' at quarterback, but acknowledged he has a pair of hot hands at the moment in Smith and Kaepernick. Not that any of his players were about to start predicting who might get the nod come Sunday at the raucous Superdome. ''That's up to the The league contends it is waiting for the players to present a full proposal on all the major issues — including core economics and player contracting, which deals with the entry-level sys- tem, arbitration and free agency. After the request was made, the players' association asked for a break and the meeting adjourned soon after. ''We've never heard a full proposal from them,'' Daly said. ''They have given us a variation of the same pro- posal on economics a couple of times and there was no change in that posi- tion. They are still suggesting that they are moving in our direction on eco- nomics, but until we know exactly what their position is on economics now, we think it's all tied together and would like to hear it all together.'' Union representatives, along with 18 players who were in attendance, returned to the players' association office to have discussions among them- selves. It is unclear if talks will contin- ue through the Thanksgiving holiday if progress is made on Wednesday. The players tried to put the focus on player-contract issues on Monday night before returning to specific rev- enue and economic areas, but the NHL wasn't interested in that because the league considers everything to be inter- twined. they always call the shots.'' Smith. Kaepernick earned the respect of his team- mates, all right. He credited them for sup- porting him all week as he prepared to start in place of Smith, who was injured in a 24-24 tie against the St. Louis Rams on Nov. 11. threw a 10-yard TD pass to Michael Crabtree in the third quarter. ''I'm not worried about Kaep,'' Kaepernick also coaches,'' Davis said. ''That's their decision. I'll let them decide and Beckham announced his decision to his team- mates earlier Tuesday, although coach Bruce Arena and star Landon Donovan already knew about it. Beckham said he got a round of applause and ''a little abuse'' from the Galaxy, who will attempt to win their second straight league title against the Houston Dynamo at Home Depot Center next Satur- day. ''We're all very aware of the timing,'' said Dono- van, the American star who clashed with Beckham upon his arrival in Los Angeles before forming a durable partnership. ''It's a good thing. He's certainly going to be very motivated, and all of us who have been around are going to want to send him out the right way.'' see.'' Take your game to the next level with this sport specific training camp! 2 Camps Gain speed, coordination, agility, and power in this 4 week camp! Camp 1 Dates: Nov. 27th - Dec. 20th Camp 2 Dates: Jan. 29th-Feb. 22th Days: Tues., Thurs. 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''I'll continue to support this club, because I love the players here,'' Beckham said. ''I love the fans. I love the ownership.'' When asked if he would miss Beckham, Arena smiled. ''He'll be around,'' Arena said. ''David can talk about what David is doing, but I don't think he's leaving Los Angeles forever. He'll still be here.'' When asked how Beck- ham would do as an MLS owner, Arena joked: ''He might get rid of the coach. That might be one of his first acts as an owner.'' ''I'm sure he'll be very good,'' Arena added. ''My guess is David's not going to be sitting behind a desk 12 hours a day in a man- agement capacity. I think he'll be a little bit apart, and come in when needed said. ''He's a gamer, he knows one speed and that's go. We know that. It was a great team win.'' With Alex Smith's status still unclear, a pair of Smiths on the other side of the ball are doing their part — Justin Smith and Aldon Crabtree and do that. But I think his experience, his presence, his name is going to do wonders for whichever club he ends up being part of.'' When asked whether he could work for Beck- ham, Arena cracked: ''I've been working for him for the last four years. I'm happy I'm getting a break for a little bit.'' NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific WL Pct GB L.A. Clippers 8 2 .800 — WARRIORS 65 .545 2.5 L.A. Lakers 5 5 .500 3 Phoenix KINGS Southwest Memphis Houston WL Pct GB 8 2 .800 — San Antonio 8 3 .727 .5 Dallas 6 6 .500 3 4 7 .364 4.5 New Orleans 3 6 .333 4.5 Northwest WL Pct GB Oklahoma City 8 3 .727 — Minnesota Utah Portland Denver 5 4 .556 2 6 6 .500 2.5 5 5 .500 2.5 5 6 .455 3 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic New York Brooklyn WL Pct GB 8 1 .889 — 6 2 .750 1.5 Philadelphia 7 4 .636 2 Boston Toronto Central 6 5 .545 3 3 8 .273 6 WL Pct GB Milwaukee 6 3 .667 — Chicago Indiana Cleveland Detroit Southeast Miami Charlotte Atlanta Orlando WL Pct GB 8 3 .727 — 5 4 .556 2 5 4 .556 2 3 7 .300 4.5 Washington 0 9 .000 7 —————————————————— Tuesday's results Philadelphia 106, Toronto 98 New York 102, New Orleans 80 Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, late Today's games Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Indiana, 4 p.m. Detroit at Orlando, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 5 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New York at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. 5 5 .500 1.5 5 7 .417 2.5 2 8 .200 4.5 2 9 .182 5 Aldon Smith recorded 5 1/2 sacks of the six San Francisco had against Bears backup Jason Campbell, and he has the NFL lead with 15. Smith also stripped Campbell in the end zone for a safety. make people respect my power,'' Smith said. ''I didn't sense that I was going to go out there and get a bunch of sacks, but I wanted to go out there and make some plays.'' Running back Frank Gore gets a good look at the imposing linebacker every day in practice. ''One of the best at the position, if not the best,'' Gore said. ''He works hard every day and he'll go get them.'' NFL AFC West WL T Pct PF PA Denver 7 3 0 .700 301 212 San Diego 4 6 0 .400 232 221 RAIDERS 37 0 .300208 322 Kansas City 1 9 0 .100 152 284 East WL T Pct PF PA N. England 7 3 0 .700 358 225 N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 202 241 Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 230 299 Miami South 4 6 0 .400 187 205 WL T Pct PF PA Houston 9 1 0 .900 293 180 Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 210 260 Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 219 311 Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 164 289 North WL T Pct PF PA Baltimore 8 2 0 .800 267 206 Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 217 190 Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 248 237 Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 189 234 NFC 4 7 .364 4.5 28 .200 6 West WL T Pct PF PA 49ERS 72 1 .750245 134 Seattle 6 4 0 .600 198 161 Arizona 4 6 0 .400 163 196 St. Louis 3 6 1 .350 174 237 East N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 267 216 Dallas WL T Pct PF PA 5 5 0 .500 211 224 Washington 4 6 0 .400 257 254 Philadelphia 3 7 0 .300 162 252 South WL T Pct PF PA Atlanta 9 1 0 .900 270 193 Tampa Bay 6 4 0 .600 287 230 New Orleans5 5 0 .500 287 273 Carolina 2 8 0 .200 184 243 North WL T Pct PF PA Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 263 207 Chicago 7 3 0 .700 249 165 Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 238 221 Detroit 4 6 0 .400 236 246 —————————————————— Week 11 Results Thursday's result Buffalo 19, Miami 14 Sunday's results Dallas 23, Cleveland 20, OT N.Y. Jets 27, St. Louis 13 Houston 43, Jacksonville 37, OT Cincinnati 28, Kansas City 6 Washington 31, Philadelphia 6 Green Bay 24, Detroit 20 Atlanta 23, Arizona 19 Tampa Bay 27, Carolina 21, OT New Orleans 38, Oakland 17 Denver 30, San Diego 23 New England 59, Indianapolis 24 Baltimore 13, Pittsburgh 10 Open: Minnesota, N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee Monday's result San Francisco 32, Chicago 7 Week 12 Schedule Thursday's games Houston at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m. Sunday's games Denver at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 10 a.m. Oakland at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Seattle at Miami, 10 a.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. San Francisco at New Orleans, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 5:20 p.m. Monday's game Carolina at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. ''I really just try to