Following a Miami fumble near its own line, Anthony Miller scored the winning touchdown with his first career catch in California’s 24-17 victory in college football’s Emerald Bowl on Saturday.
Jahvid Best rushed for a bowl-record 186 yards and two touchdowns, yet the Golden Bears still needed a big defensive play and an unlikely hero to hold off the Hurricanes in front of a pro-California 42,268-strong crowd at the San Francisco Giants’ waterfront ballpark.
Miami quarterback Jacory Harris played well in his second career start, going 25-of-41 for 194 yards and two touchdowns while replacing the suspended Robert Marve. But his fumble in Zach Follett’s tackle with 3:28 left cost the Hurricanes in their first bowl game under coach Randy Shannon.
Nate Longshore shook off a dismal 10-for-21 performance in his final college game with that sharp scoring pass to Miller for Cal.
The Golden Bears won for the fifth time in a school-record six consecutive bowl appearances under coach Jeff Tedford.
Meanwhile, in the Meineke Bowl West Virginia beat North Carolina 31-30 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
West Virginia quarterback Pat White threw for 332 yards including a winning 20-yard touchdown pass to Alric Arnett to end his college career with a perfect 4-0 record in bowl games.
White was voted MVP of a bowl for the third straight year, and ended a disappointing season on a positive note by helping West Virginia overcome Hakeem Nicks’ big day for North Carolina.
Nicks caught eight passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns for the Tar Heels but T.J. Yates was intercepted by Pat Lazear with less than two minutes left to end coach Butch Davis’ hopes of a bowl win in his second year at North Carolina.
Instead, it was a sweet ending to a tumultuous season for first-year West Virginia coach Bill Stewart.
Entering the season as prohibitive favorite to win the Big East, the Mountaineers started 1-2.
They recovered to win five straight, only to go 2-2 over their final four games to end their BCS bowl hopes.
But White made sure they went out a winner, again. He completed 26 of 32 passes and threw one interception. College football’s all-time leading rushing quarterback added 55 more yards on the ground to finish with 4,480.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
Japanese players are moving to English soccer in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the English Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, the captain of Japan, believes his compatriots are “being held in higher esteem” by English clubs compared with the past. “The staff at Liverpool ask me about lots of Japanese players, not necessarily with a view to a transfer, but just saying this or
Taiwan yesterday survived Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their Davis Cup World Group I tie at the Taipei Tennis Center. The tight series started on Saturday with world No. 123 Jason Tseng losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Mirza Basic in the opening singles matchup. However, teammate Tony Wu kept the tie even, dominating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday, 24-year-old Ray Ho and partner 25-year-old Hsu Yu-hsiou kept up the momentum, making short work of Basic and Nerman Fatic, winning 6-3, 6-4. Tseng then suffered another defeat, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Dzumhur in a brutal match that lasted more than two