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BC eliminates UM from bowl contention
The Canes had a valiant fight, but couldn't back it up with enough talent to overcome a Heisman Trophy candidate and Boston College team that scored 14 fourth-quarter points for a 28-14 victory. The Hurricanes, who had all of 23 seconds to savor a 14-14 tie early in the fourth quarter, ended their regular season with their fourth consecutive loss and sixth loss in seven games -- good for a 5-7 overall record and 2-6 finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now, when they'd usually be gearing up for Christmas in fill-in-the-city, they're contemplating their worst season since Lou Saban's 3-8 squad in 1977. ''It definitely hurts a lot,'' senior guard Derrick Morse said in a silent, sad locker room. ``It's the first year I'll be home at Christmas. It's my last game as a Hurricane.
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Andrew Walter made a lot of mistakes, many of them understandable, in his first NFL start Sunday, but his biggest error came after the game, when he defended Randy Moss' weak afternoon. "I think Jerry Rice dropped a couple of balls,'' he said. "We can't get on a guy for that. He's going to make more plays than not.'' Where do we start? First, dropped passes weren't the problem. Moss halfway gave up on one ball, and didn't fight a defensive back on two more. He sauntered to the huddle several times, with all the enthusiasm of a shift worker punching a clock. He did drop a pass once, when he had to wait for a late throw from Walter and, as a result, absorbed a big hit from Browns free safety Brian Russell. It would be terribly unfair to blame that drop entirely on Moss ...
Euro dream over as Scots are beaten but unbowed
Police reported 12 arrests in Glasgow following the game, but match commander Chief Superintendent Robin Howe said: "I'd like to commend both sets of fans for their excellent behaviour." In Dundee, where the city centre pubs had been packed since lunchtime, Frank Henry, a 23-year-old gas engineer from Dundee, said: "I am devastated. You can't fault the performance. The team were brilliant and they made the world champions look ordinary." Bar manager Steven Carr said he was "heartbroken" at Scotland's last-minute defeat. "At 90 minutes I was looking forward already to the Ukraine-France game, hoping the result would go the right way. I was also looking forward to going to Austria and Switzerland next year, but it is not to be." Italian fans, walking through Edinburgh's Grassmarket, showed great diplomacy.
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BC eliminates UM from bowl contention
The Canes had a valiant fight, but couldn't back it up with enough talent to overcome a Heisman Trophy candidate and Boston College team that scored 14 fourth-quarter points for a 28-14 victory. The Hurricanes, who had all of 23 seconds to savor a 14-14 tie early in the fourth quarter, ended their regular season with their fourth consecutive loss and sixth loss in seven games -- good for a 5-7 overall record and 2-6 finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now, when they'd usually be gearing up for Christmas in fill-in-the-city, they're contemplating their worst season since Lou Saban's 3-8 squad in 1977. ''It definitely hurts a lot,'' senior guard Derrick Morse said in a silent, sad locker room. ``It's the first year I'll be home at Christmas. It's my last game as a Hurricane.
Gwen Knapp Archive
Andrew Walter made a lot of mistakes, many of them understandable, in his first NFL start Sunday, but his biggest error came after the game, when he defended Randy Moss' weak afternoon. "I think Jerry Rice dropped a couple of balls,'' he said. "We can't get on a guy for that. He's going to make more plays than not.'' Where do we start? First, dropped passes weren't the problem. Moss halfway gave up on one ball, and didn't fight a defensive back on two more. He sauntered to the huddle several times, with all the enthusiasm of a shift worker punching a clock. He did drop a pass once, when he had to wait for a late throw from Walter and, as a result, absorbed a big hit from Browns free safety Brian Russell. It would be terribly unfair to blame that drop entirely on Moss ...
Euro dream over as Scots are beaten but unbowed
Police reported 12 arrests in Glasgow following the game, but match commander Chief Superintendent Robin Howe said: "I'd like to commend both sets of fans for their excellent behaviour." In Dundee, where the city centre pubs had been packed since lunchtime, Frank Henry, a 23-year-old gas engineer from Dundee, said: "I am devastated. You can't fault the performance. The team were brilliant and they made the world champions look ordinary." Bar manager Steven Carr said he was "heartbroken" at Scotland's last-minute defeat. "At 90 minutes I was looking forward already to the Ukraine-France game, hoping the result would go the right way. I was also looking forward to going to Austria and Switzerland next year, but it is not to be." Italian fans, walking through Edinburgh's Grassmarket, showed great diplomacy.
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Presentations, including video and audio slideshows to online stories, may take several minutes to download over a dial-up connection. A toolkit is available for browser plug-ins to view these packages. Please send us your comments and story ideas. • Also, check out our weekly menu of Pittsburgh Hear & Now podcasts, covering sports, entertainment and other events in and around town. • Previous PG NewsNOW newscasts.
Feb. 8, 2008 Video: PG 'NewsNOW,' 2/8/2008 .
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