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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The sky might seem like it's falling in Laker Land these days, but coach Mike D'Antoni still has his sense of humor intact, albeit with a sardonic edge.
With his team about to play eight of its next nine games on the road after having already lost nine of its past 10 overall, can D'Antoni see a light at the end of the tunnel?
"There is a light," D'Antoni said after practice Thursday. "It could be a train coming. That’s what it is, maybe."
Rather than accept the perhaps inevitable destruction that awaits the Los Angeles Lakers' season further down the tracks, D'Antoni tried to get his team heading in a new direction with added instruction. L.A. originally planned to use Thursday as an off day coming off a set of back-to-back games on the road, but D'Antoni decided following the Lakers' 113-99 loss in Houston on Wednesday night to bring the guys into the gym the next day.
"Normally, we would take the day off, but it’s a good time to come in and get treatment and watch film and just gather ourselves a little bit," D'Antoni said. "We don’t want to get fragmented. I don’t think we will, but that’s definitely something where we got to keep our spirits up, keep our head up and know that, ‘Hey, all we can do is the best we can do,’ and I think the guys understand that."
They also understand that the deck is stacked against them so much at the moment -- from injuries, to a brutal January schedule, to even the overall strength of the Western Conference -- that it doesn't seem like they are supposed to have much of a chance from night to night.
"I’ve figured it out," D'Antoni joked. "The national anthem is really jinxing us. Every time they play it, we don’t play well."
Oh, say can you see a team in turmoil? Not so fast.
"We have a great group of guys," Wes Johnson said. "I think everybody has a good sense of humor and everything, just trying to stay positive as much as possible because it's easy to go off the deep end."
While the locker room might not be a lost cause, games keep being lost for recurring reasons outside of injuries.
First of all, there's the 15.2 turnovers per game that L.A. is averaging, which puts it No. 25 out of 30 teams in the dubious category.
"That’s probably the No. 1 factor in why we’re losing," D'Antoni said. "We’re giving up between 25-35 points every game on points off turnovers. When we get half-court defense set, we’re in the top half [of the league defensively]. We’re 30th in points in transition [allowed], we’re 30th in second-chance points. Those are two things that are killing us."
Part of the turnovers problem has been trying to integrate Kendall Marshall into things as the new starting point guard. In Marshall's first two starts, he had 32 assists against just four turnovers. In his two starts since then, his assist-to-turnover ratio has been 14 to 12.
"He’s a certain type of point guard that if you don’t set the pick-and-rolls right, if you don’t space the floor, if you don’t give him a chance -- because God gave him the ability to have an unbelievable vision and passing ability, but we’re closing the floor up on him and if we do that, he’s going to turn it over," said D'Antoni, who mentioned he is toying with the idea of playing Jodie Meeks even more at the point. "That’s not his fault. That’s a team fault."
Another team fault? Flat third-quarter performances, like how the Lakers were outscored 33-15 in the third in Houston.
"We just got to sustain the effort," Pau Gasol said. "We have to bring up a notch the concentration and really be assertive ... We got to come out sharper in the second half. It doesn't matter what we did in the first half."
In a similar vein, the Lakers are trying to adopt the mentality that all their troubles from the first half of the season so far don't mean that they cannot begin to improve, starting Friday against the Los Angeles Clippers.
"It's more than just a game, than a regular game, because they're our neighbors. They share a building," Gasol said. "They've been playing well. They have been a strong team the last two years -- stronger than us, I guess -- so it is a meaningful game, especially when we have lost a few games here and we're not in a good streak at all."
Because if they don't turn it around against the Clippers?
"If we turn it over, ESPN will be filled with highlights with those guys, the way they run," D'Antoni said.
"The NBA is unrelenting. They’re coming at us. Everybody is happy we’re on fumes, but we have to find the energy and the mental awareness and let’s go get ’em. They got Chris Paul[right shoulder injury] down, so, why not? Let’s take advantage of it. "
PASADENA, Calif. -- Jameis Winston threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 to win the last BCS national championship game on Monday night.
Winston struggled much of the night but was near perfect when the Seminoles (14-0) needed it most, going 6 for 7 for 77 yards on the game-winning 80-yard drive. A pass interference penalty on Auburn's Chris Davis gave Florida State a first-and-goal at the 2 and on the next play Winston hit his big receiver for the touchdown.
"I said this from Day 1 in spring ball. These kids are special," coach Jimbo Fisher said. "This group never faltered. They wanted to be elite. They wanted to go to the top and there's so much character in this group."
Tre Mason had given Auburn (12-2) a 31-27 lead with a 37-yard touchdown run with 1:19 left after Kermit Whitfield had put Florida State in the lead for the first time since the first quarter with a 100-yard kickoff return to make it 27-24 with 4:31 left.
Mason ran for 195 yards.
Winston was 20 for 35 for 237 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdown passes.
Nick Marshall ran for a touchdown and threw scoring passes to Mason and Melvin Ray in the first half, and Auburn led 21-13 after three quarters.
All-America kicker Roberto Aguayo's second field goal of the night accounted for the only third-quarter points for either team as both defenses took charge after a frenetic first half.
The powerful Seminoles trailed by 18 points in the second quarter and 21-10 at halftime, but picked up momentum in the third quarter with solid defensive play and improvements by Winston, who was fighting a case of big-game jitters.
The Heisman Trophy-winning freshman went 6 for 15 for 62 yards in the first half on his 20th birthday, with a key fumble setting up Marshall's 4-yard TD run 5:01 before halftime. Winston also led a 66-yard scoring drive late in the first half and consistently moved Florida State in the third quarter — but with only three points to show for it.
After trailing for the first time in any game since Sept. 28, Florida State needed a big finish to become the first team to rally from a halftime deficit to win the BCS title game.
Marshall, Winston's relatively unheralded counterpart, looked sharp in the Auburn backfield. Auburn was the nation's top rushing team, but coach Gus Malzahn showed the SEC champs can fling it as well while racking up 232 yards of offense in the first half.
Mason caught a 12-yard TD screen pass in the first quarter, and Ray ran alone down the middle with a 50-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter.
Devonta Freeman had a 3-yard scoring run with 1:28 left in the half for Florida State, which faced its largest deficit and first halftime deficit of the season.
Auburn's 85-yard drive early in the second quarter ended with a TD catch for Ray, the former minor league baseball player from Tallahassee who had just four receptions in the regular season. Florida State's Jalen Ramsey failed to pick up Ray all alone down the middle. Ray juked a defender near the goal line and scored as the Tigers' fans rocked the Rose Bowl stands with cheers.
Auburn's Angelo Blackson then swatted the ball out of Winston's hand on a run moments after the Tigers missed a field goal, and Marshall finished the drive by turning the corner on Florida State's defense for a score.
A successful fake punt finally sparked the Seminoles moments later. Winston made a 21-yard run complete with a vicious stiff-arm to Auburn's Kris Frost, and Freeman scored on the next play, trimming Auburn's halftime lead to 21-10.
Auburn was making its second BCS championship game appearance after beating Oregon for the title four years ago behind Heisman winner Cam Newton. The Tigers went 3-9 last season, but Malzahn quickly returned them to the national spotlight.
The Seminoles had run over every opponent in their path to a third national title, but Fisher's team was tested in Pasadena.
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Arkansas State backup quarterback Fredi Knighten led a 59-yard game-winning drive in the final minute and a half of the GoDaddy Bowl, and the Red Wolves beat Ball State 23-20 Sunday night in Mobile, Ala.
Knighten hit receiver Allen Muse for a 13-yard touchdown with 32 seconds remaining.
Red Wolves starting quarterback Adam Kennedy, a senior transfer from Utah State, re-injured his knee just before halftime. Knighten, a sophomore, took over and went 15-for-20 for 115 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Arkansas State (8-5) won the GoDaddy Bowl for the second year in a row, while Ball State fell to 0-7 all-time in bowl games.
The Cardinals (10-3) had one last chance when senior quarterback Keith Wenning drove them down the field and got kicker Scott Secor -- who had already made 26- and 37-yard field goals -- in prime position to tie the game from 38 yards out.
The kick was blocked, securing the victory for Red Wolves interim head coach John Thompson.
"God answers prayers, and he answered prayers with this team. This is a pure blessing," Thompson said. "All the glory goes to God, I'll tell you that. We kept coming back. This was a family win."
Senior running back Jawhan Edwards (28 carries, 146 yards) gave Ball State the lead when he dived into the end zone from a yard out with under two minutes remaining to cap an 80-yard, 16-play drive that took nearly seven minutes.
The march was made possible after Ball State cornerback Eric Patterson intercepted Knighten on third-and-goal with seven minutes to play and Arkansas State leading 16-13.
Knighten redeemed himself with the game-winning drive.
"Fredi's a winner," Thompson said of Knighten, who also led the team in rushing with 19 carries for 97 yards. "He stuck in there when things went against us."
Arkansas State linebacker Qushaun Lee, last year's MVP of the Red Wolves' bowl win against Kent State, picked off Wenning with just under 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, again shutting down one of Football Bowl Subdivision's most prolific offenses that averaged 40.1 points a game coming in.
Wenning finished 23 of 44 for 215 yards with one touchdown and one interception. It was the worst passing performance of the year for the senior, who came in No. 5 in the nation with 3,933 passing yards.
Junior wideout Willie Snead led the Cardinals with nine catches for 87 yards and a touchdown.
Arkansas State wide receiver J.D. McKissic had 10 catches for 82 yards.
The Red Wolves opened the second half with two straight marches down the field, but they came up short in the Cardinals' red zone both times, settling for field goals of 18 and 29 yards by kicker Brian Davis that put them ahead 16-10.
Arkansas State was the only team to score in the third quarter after its defense twice stopped Ball State on fourth-down attempts.
Secor's 37-yard field goal with 12:58 remaining in the game pulled the Cardinals within 16-13, the last scoring before the final two minutes.
Thompson, the Red Wolves' defensive coordinator, led the Red Wolves to a bowl win for the second year in a row.
Last month, Arkansas State head coach Bryan Harsin left to take the same position at Boise State. In December 2012, Gus Malzahn bolted the Red Wolves to take over at Auburn.
FRISCO, Texas -- From Fargo to Frisco again, and a perfect championship ending for senior quarterback Brock Jensen and coach Craig Bohl at North Dakota State.
Jensen threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score in his FCS-quarterback record 48th victory, and the Bison capped a 15-0 season with a 35-7 victory over Towson on Saturday to claim their third consecutive FCS title in Bohl's final game at the school.
"It hasn't (set in) right now, but I think in a couple of months it's going to," said Bohl, who stayed with the Bison for their playoff run after accepting the job as Wyoming's coach. "This team was possessed with perfection. And they relentlessly pursued it. ... It's pretty remarkable."
The Bison joined Appalachian State (2005-07) as the only FCS teams to win three consecutive championships. They are the first undefeated champs at that level since Marshall in 1996, the year before the Thundering Herd moved to Division I.
"It gets better every time. Definitely," Jensen said. "That was the last time I'll put on a Bison jersey but man, it's been a fun ride."
Bohl was 104-32 in 11 seasons at North Dakota State, which has won 24 consecutive games to match the FCS record.
The Bison went ahead to stay on Ryan Smith's 5-yard TD run in the second quarter that snapped a 7-7 tie. That came one play after Colten Heagle blocked a field goal try that was scooped up by defensive end Kyle Emanuel and returned 59 yards. It was the first of three consecutive possessions when North Dakota State scored touchdowns.
"We made a mistake, and they made us pay for it," Towson coach Rob Ambrose said. "I think we all knew what kind of game it was at that point. ... Things were moving in the right direction, at least for us, head to head, pretty even."
Towson (13-3), the first school to play in championship games at the FCS and NCAA Division III levels, was 1-10 only three years ago in Ambrose's second season. But the Tigers had their lowest scoring total since a 28-3 loss at Maryland four games into the 2011 season.
This was the fourth consecutive year the title game was played in the professional soccer stadium in North Texas, but this game was plagued by problems with the grass turf. During each timeout, groups of workers and volunteers had to pat down chunks of turf that were coming up during play.
Nick Shafer, the stadium's vice president of operations, said in a statement that the turf between the hash marks was replaced Nov. 18. Soon after that, the area was hit by an extended stretch of unusual freezing weather and ice sat on the field for a week. Shafer says that "prevented the grass from taking root underneath the turf."
Players from both teams clearly were having problems at times with footing. The most obvious was Towson running back Darius Victor falling down behind the line for a 3-yard loss after stepping into one of the divots, two plays before the blocked field goal.
"It's really unfortunate but those things come up. Both teams where in the same position," Bohl said. "This was atypical. The last several times we've been down here, it's been a great track."
Terrance West ran 3 yards on the final play of the first quarter for Towson's only touchdown, his 41st TD rushing and 42nd overall this season. The junior finished with 22 carries for 99 yards, pushing his season total to 2,509 -- the most ever by an FCS player.
After CJ Smith reached over his shoulder for an interception and a 32-yard return just before halftime, Jensen threw a 12-yard TD to Zach Vraa, his school-record 15th scoring catch this season, for a 21-7 lead. Jensen ran 9 yards for a score on the Bison's possession after halftime, and Sam Ojuri added a 1-yard TD in the fourth quarter.
There was a sellout crowd of 19,802, most of them dressed in Bison colors in what has becoming an annual January trek.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Patton Robinette threw two 50-yard touchdown passes to Jordan Matthews, and Vanderbilt recovered after blowing a 24-point lead to beat Houston, 41-24, on Saturday in the BBVA Compass Bowl.
Robinette, starting after senior Austyn Carta-Samuels had season-ending surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, also had an 8-yard scoring run as Vanderbilt built a 24-0 lead in the first half.
After Houston (8-4) pulled even by scoring 24 points in the third quarter, Vanderbilt reclaimed the lead on Brian Kimbrow's 21-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Vanderbilt (9-4) closed the season with five straight wins, adding to third-year coach James Franklin's status as a possible candidate for coaching vacancies, including at Penn State and with the NFLBrowns and Redskins. The Commodores played in three straight bowl games under Franklin — a first for the program — and completed their first back-to-back nine-win seasons.
Vandy players doused Franklin with a water bucket in the final seconds.
Houston gained only 22 yards and had one first down in the first half but rallied with 24 points in the third quarter to pull even. Kenneth Farrow had a six-yard scoring run and Deontay Greenberry and John O'Korn threw scoring passes to Markeith Ambles.
The Commodores regrouped with two big gains on direct snaps to running backs early in the fourth quarter. Jerron Seymour ran for 38 yards to the Houston 34. Kimbrow's touchdown run gave the lead back to Vanderbilt.
Jahmel McIntosh's interception less than a minute later gave the ball back to Vanderbilt, setting up Carey Spear's 35-yard field goal.
Seymour added a 2-yard scoring run with less than 2 minutes remaining.
Matthews, a senior who set Southeastern Conference records for career catches and yards receiving, had five catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
Matthews took advantage of a lead block by receiver Jonathan Krause to make his first touchdown catch on Vanderbilt's second possession.
A forced fumble by linebacker Chase Garnham set up the Commodores' second touchdown. After Houston's O'Korn threw a pass to Greg Ward Jr., a big hit by Garnham forced the fumbled recovered by Andrew Williamson at the Houston 16. Robinette, making his third career start, scored on an 8-yard keeper on fourth down.
No Houston defender was near Matthews on his second 50-yard scoring catch in the second quarter.
A lost fumble by Robinette set up Farrow's 6-yard touchdown run to start Houston's third-quarter comeback.
Houston built on the momentum. Daniel Spencer's 62-yard run set up O'Korn's six-yard touchdown pass to Ambles. O'Korn's 58-yard pass to Ambles set up a 30-yard field goal by Kyle Bullard. The Cougars completed their big third-quarter comeback on O'Korn's 67-yard touchdown pass to Greenberry to tie the game.
