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SAN DIEGO -- Freshman quarterback Davis Webb threw for 403 yards and tied the Holiday Bowl record with four touchdown passes, and Texas Tech raced to a 37-23 victory over No. jerseys from china . 16 Arizona State on Monday night, snapping a five-game losing streak. Webb tied the record set by BYUs Jim McMahon in 1980 and matched by Kansas States Brian Kavanagh in 1995 and Texas Major Applewhite in 2001. The Red Raiders (8-5) won for the first time since beating West Virginia on Oct. 19. Arizona State (10-4) lost its second straight. Webb completed 28 of 41 passes. He threw touchdown passes of 18 and 21 yards to Jakeem Grant, 1 yard to Rodney Hall and 23 yards to Bradley Marquez, all in the first half. After losing their final five games by an average of 20.6 points, the Red Raiders scored on four of their first five drives to take a 27-6 lead 5 minutes into the second quarter. Texas Tech All-America tight end Jace Amaro had eight catches for 112 yards. He set the FBS single-season record for yards receiving by a tight end with 1,352. The Sun Devils, coming off a 38-14 loss to Stanford in the Pac-12 championship game, were held 18 points below their average. They dropped to 0-4 in the Holiday Bowl dating to 1985. While Texas Tech was finding the end zone early on, Arizona State had to settle for field goals of 44 and 31 yards by Zane Gonzalez. The Sun Devils got their first touchdown when D.J. Foster scored on a 20-yard run with 7:52 left in the second quarter to close to 27-13. ASU quarterback Taylor Kelly scored on a 44-yard run early in the third, but Reginald Davis returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown to extend the Red Raiders lead to 34-20. Kelly gained 135 yards on 25 carries but threw for only 125 yards, going 16 of 29. He was sacked three times. Foster gained 132 yards on 20 carries. Arizona States Richard Smith couldnt hold onto a 50-yard pass from Kelly as he tripped and tumbled into the end zone with 9:50 left and the Sun Devils trailing by 14. wholesale nfl jerseys . -- One of the byproducts of quarterback Matt McGloins rise to the top of Oaklands depth chart last week was the production of rookie tight end Mychal Rivera. cheap jerseys . "Our level of work has to go up," said Carlyle on Thursday. "Weve stated that and weve (told) our players that the message is going to start to be delivered in a different manner if were not going to get the results that were looking for. Canadian womens soccer coach John Herdman couldnt afford to think about experimenting or development. So captain Christine Sinclair and goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc headline an experienced team of largely familiar names announced Tuesday for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Chelsea Buckland, a 21-year-old striker from Surrey, B.C., is the lone player on the roster making her international competition debut. "Its such a big event, we have to qualify," Herdman said on a conference call Tuesday. "Its not one of those events where you can start testing and developing players, although the experience theyll have will certainly put them on a great footing for the Olympics. "Its certainly an event we have to go and win, and with that we had to pick a squad that would deliver us that outcome." The roster includes 14 members of the team that won gold at the Pan American Games in October. And five of the six who missed the Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, played in the FIFA womens World Cup. Canada needs to finish in the top two of the eight-team qualifying tournament, Jan. 19-29 in Vancouver, to earn a berth in the 2012 London Olympics. Sinclair, Canadas captain from Burnaby, B.C., scored to move Canada into overtime versus Brazil at the Pan Am Games. LeBlanc, a goalkeeper from Maple Ridge, B.C., then stopped two penalty shots to secure the gold medal. The one notable player missing from Herdmans roster is veteran defender Emily Zurrer, whom he opted to leave off the lineup in what he called "a tough call." But the coach noted this team isnt exactly the one hell take to the Olympics and Zurrer -- or a rising young player such as Amelia Pietrangelo -- could play her way on to that London-bound squad. Buckland, who topped Oregon State in scoring the past two seasons, earned her spot with an impressive performance in a Canadian team camp last month, scoring a goal in a 2-1 win over Sweden in a friendly. "Her game understanding really jumped out at us . . . and then you see a player come on for only 20 minutes, move well and then actually score a goal, it makes all the difference," Herdman said. While Herdman is fielding a familiar roster in Vancouver, the coach who was hired in September on the heels of Canadas disappointing performance at the World Cup, said fans will see a new and improved squad. Much of his focus has been on the back line, and breaking the teams tendency to launch the ball up the field under pressure. "I think youll see a team that is certainly more versed in playing around rather than over," Herdman said. "Thats certainly what we want to show as part of our identity because I think when we get to the Olympics, we have to have a full repertoire of pplaying. cheap nfl jerseys. " The former New Zealand coach is also pleased with the development of individual players. "Ive been able to watch even some senior players develop new things to their game," he said. "A lot of that has come down to the fact that theyve been willing to really look at what theyve done, recognize what theyve done in the past probably hasnt been good enough and shed an old skin to move toward something new." Herdman has also focused on rebuilding team morale after its first-round exit at the World Cup in Germany, adding mental trainer Ceri Evans to the staff. "There is a mental approach that needs to be developed," Herdman said. "When you look at the mental state of the team its always going to be fragile if you dont have the tools to get you through those high-pressure situations where you can lose focus which costs you your performance." The roster also features 11 players from the 2008 qualifying tournament that earned the Canadians a berth in the Beijing Games where they lost to the U.S. in the quarter-finals. In opening-round action in Vancouver, Canada faces Haiti on Jan. 19, Cuba on Jan. 21 and then Costa Rica on Jan. 23. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals on Jan. 27, while the gold-medal game is Jan. 29. The other group has the U.S., Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. The Canadians will gather in Los Angeles for a camp Jan. 3 before travelling to Vancouver on Jan. 14. Herdman isnt giving his players any break for the holidays however. Theyve been outfitted with GPS-enabled heart-rate monitors and are required to upload training data so the coaching staff can keep close tabs. --- Canadian Olympic Qualifying Roster Goalkeepers: Karina LeBlanc, Maple Ridge, B.C., Sky Blue FC; Erin McLeod, Calgary, Dalsjofors G.O.I.F. Defenders: Candace Chapman, Ajax, Ont., Sky Blue FC; Carmelina Moscato, Mississauga, Ont., Pitea IF; Shannon Woeller, Vancouver, Rutgers University; Melanie Booth, Burlington, Ont., Vancouver Whitecaps; Robyn Gayle, Mississauga, Ont., Vancouver Whitecaps; Lauren Sesselmann, Green Bay, Wisc., Atlanta Beat; Chelsea Stewart, The Pas, Man., Real Colorado; Rhian Wilkinson, Baie dUrfe, Que., Lillestrom SK Kvinner. Midfielders: Kaylyn Kyle, Saskatoon, Vancouver Whitecaps; Diana Matheson, Oakville, Ont., Lillestrom SK Kvinner; Kelly Parker, Saskatoon, Atlanta Beat; Sophie Schmidt, Abbotsford, B.C.; Desiree Scott, Winnipeg, Vancouver Whitecaps; Brittany Timko, Coquitlam, B.C. Forwards: Chelsea Buckland, North Delta, B.C., Oregon State University; Christina Julien, Williamstown, Ont., Ottawa Fury; Christine Sinclair, Burnaby, B.C., Western New York Flash; Melissa Tancredi, Ancaster, Ont., Pitea IF. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' ' |
