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Juan Mata Spain Jersey . -- Tom Izzo is openly lobbying for someone else to move to No. 1 in next weeks rankings. "Weve
just got to hope now that Kansas blows somebody out so they move them ahead of
us," the Michigan State coach said. "We proved tonight were not ready to handle
any kind of success, and that disappoints me." The angst was back in Izzos voice
Friday night, even though No. 2 Michigan State did pull away from upset-minded
Columbia in the final two minutes for a 62-53 victory. The Spartans trailed for
a majority of the second half, but Adreian Payne was too much for the Lions
inside, finishing with 26 points. Michigan State (3-0) beat top-ranked Kentucky
earlier in the week, and No. 5 Kansas beat No. 4 Duke. Unbeaten Louisville is
No. 3. Maodo Lo had 12 points for Columbia (1-2), which kept its poise for the
most part but went scoreless for the final 4:27. "All credit to Columbia. They
came out and played their heart out," Michigan States Denzel Valentine said. "We
need to come out with more energy and passion than we did today." Michigan State
scored the games first nine points, but the Spartans trailed 26-22 at halftime
and didnt lead again until Gary Harris three-point play put Michigan State ahead
49-46 with 7:28 to go. Columbias Meiko Lyles made a 3-pointer with 6:08 to go to
tie it at 51, and the Lions trailed 54-53 after a layup by Alex Rosenberg, but
they didnt score again. Down 55-53, Columbia committed back-to-back shot clock
violations. The Lions may have been thrown off by the Michigan State crowd,
which was counting the clock down falsely -- a couple seconds too late. "When
that happened, I almost got up and thanked them," Izzo said. "I didnt want to
embarrass anybody." Still, Columbia had a chance to tie it with 1:47 to go, but
Isaac Cohen missed the front end of a one-and-one. At the other end, Keith
Appling drove into the teeth of the Columbia defence and lobbed an alley-oop to
Payne that made it 57-53. Michigan State hasnt been No. 1 in the AP poll since
2001, the year after the Spartans won the national championship. "Ill just save
you guys the embarrassment of writing stupid things," Izzo said. "We havent
proven enough to be considered a great team. Were a doggone good team with a
long, long way to go." The Spartans were obviously in danger of a letdown after
beating Kentucky, but they appeared to avoid that when they opened the game on a
9-0 run. But perhaps the game was a little too easy for Michigan State at the
start. The Spartans ended up shooting 35 per cent in the first half, and
Columbia got comfortable quickly. Rosenbergs layup capped a 9-0 run for the
Lions that put them ahead 14-11, and Michigan State had a hard time shaking them
after that. "It all falls on our energy level," Appling said. "They took
advantage of that. They were in position to win." Payne had 11 rebounds and shot
9 of 15 from the field. The Spartans attempted 30 free throws to Columbias 11,
but although they had some success inside in the second half, they finished 0 of
7 from 3-point range. Michigan State also had only five offensive rebounds. "Ill
take most of the blame because Im the one thats supposed to have them ready to
play," Izzo said. "Rebounding here is a religion, and maybe this team wants to
change that, so Ive got to make sure that doesnt happen." Harris scored 11
points and Valentine had 10. Cohen and Rosenberg had 10 points each for the
Lions. "You play to win. We try to compete and win," Columbia coach Kyle Smith
said. "But the moral victory is that we were competitive, and I expected that.
Our guys bring a good effort."
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with Toronto mayor Rob Ford being among those in opposition.PHILADELPHIA - The
Seattle Seahawks had the perfect blueprint for shutting down Chip Kellys
offence: Keep the Eagles off the field.Russell Wilson threw two touchdown
passes, ran for another score and the Seahawks set a franchise record for time
of possession in a 24-14 victory over the Eagles on Sunday.Earl Thomas, Richard
Sherman and the rest of Seattles Legion of Boom defence held the Eagles to 139
total yards, the fewest under Kelly. Wilson and the offence held the ball for
41:56 and Philadelphia ran just 45 plays.We didnt give them many plays, thats
not what theyre used to, so the tempo wasnt a problem, Seahawks coach Pete
Carroll said of Philadelphias fast-paced, no-huddle offence. We never thought we
would hold them to (under) 50 plays.Wilson had 263 yards passing and ran for 48
to help the Seahawks (9-4) win their third straight game. The defending Super
Bowl champions have victories over NFC West-leading Arizona (10-3), San
Francisco (7-6) and Philadelphia (9-4) in the last three weeks.The Eagles host
Dallas (9-4) with first place in the NFC East at stake next week. They had won
10 straight regular-season games.If you dont get as many opportunities, you have
to make the ones you get count and we didnt do that, quarterback Mark Sanchez
said. We expected to do a lot of things better.Carroll was the winner in his
first NFL matchup against Kelly. In the coaches only other meeting, Kellys
Oregon Ducks beat Carroll and USC 47-20 on Oct. 31, 2009.I have total respect
for everything Chip does, Carroll said. Our defence, for the third straight
week, did the job for us.Sanchez, who played for Carroll in college, threw for
96 yards, two TD passes and one interception.Marshawn Lynch had 86 yards rushing
and a 15-yard TD catch for Seattle.The Seahawks hadnt allowed a touchdown since
a 24-20 loss at Kansas City on Nov. 16 before Sanchez tossed a 1-yard TD pass to
Jeremy Maclin in the first quarter. They beat division rivals Arizona and San
Francisco by the same score, 19-3, in the previous two games.Some things we
learned in Seattles conviincing win over the Eagles:BIG-PLAY BALDWIN: Doug
Baldwin had a 23-yard TD catch, caught a pass for nine yards to set up a field
goal before the end of the first half and drew a 44-yard pass interference
penalty.
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hard to beat us.CONTAINING WILSON: Russell Wilson avoided pressure, scrambled
for yards, threw the ball away at times and hurt the Eagles with his legs. He
seemed on his way to his fourth career 300-yard passing game, but the Seahawks
ran the ball most of the fourth quarter.Thats what he does, Eagles defensive
co-ordinator Billy Davis said. It wasnt a surprise to us. They find ways to make
plays and they made a lot more than we did.MCCOYS STRUGGLES: LeSean McCoy has
lost fumbles in consecutive games and finished with 50 yards rushing, the fourth
time he was held to 50 or fewer this season. But the two-time All-Pro set a
franchise record for most career yards, passing Wilbert Montgomery on a 4-yard
run in the third quarter.It was probably one of my worst game since Ive been
here, McCoy said.PLAYOFF PREVIEW: The Eagles have lost to Green Bay (9-3),
Arizona (10-3) and Seattle (9-4) so those losses hurt their chances of getting a
first-round bye should they win the division. The Seahawks could end up playing
in Philadelphia again in a wild-card playoff game in a 3-6 matchup.Hopefully we
see them again, Eagles linebacker Brandon Graham said. Hopefully we clean up
what we did wrong so we can go out there and do our thing.ROAD WARRIORS: The
Seahawks have won consecutive road games at San Francisco and Philadelphia after
losing three of their first five games away from home. Theyll have a first-place
showdown at Arizona on Dec. 21.We are really connected right now, really in
sync, safety Earl Thomas said. It seems like when somebody makes a play,
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