Unbeaten Utah stuns Alabama in Sugar Bowl - Associated Press

New Orleans — Utah is the best of the BCS busters.

Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 7 Utes upset fourth-ranked Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night to finish 13-0.

With the victory, Utah became the first team from a non-BCS conference to win two BCS bowls.

Johnson’s pinpoint passing led Utah to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and the Utes refused to wilt when Alabama pulled to 21-17 early in the second half.

Utah’s defense was equally impressive, intercepting John Parker Wilson twice and sacking him eight times, with the seventh sack forcing a fumble that sent crimson-clad Alabama fans streaming for the exits with just more than five minutes to go.

After surging to No. 1 in the rankings with a 12-0 regular season, Alabama closed the season with two consecutive losses, the first against Florida in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

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How a Potential Rift Turned into Eagles' Revival

It was initially considered the beginning of the end for the NFL's longest-running coach/quarterback tandem.

It may ultimately be remembered as the watershed event that fueled Philadelphia to Super Bowl XLIII. The Eagles wouldn't be in Sunday's first-round playoff game at Minnesota if the franchise hadn't hit rock bottom in late November. The lowest point in the 10 seasons that Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb had spent together actually triggered a rebirth.

Call it "The Benching."

Reid — who had always stuck with McNabb through thick and thin — pulled his struggling quarterback at halftime of a 36-7 loss at Baltimore. Actually, Reid didn't do the literal pulling. He sent an assistant coach to give McNabb the news, making a touchy situation even more volatile.

Oddsmakers, though, have installed Philadelphia as a three-point favorite Sunday. Should the Eagles win, a trip to face the New York Giants awaits. Philadelphia would enter the Meadowlands with confidence, having posted a 20-14 road victory over New York in early December.All thanks to a dark moment that — amazingly enough, in retrospect — can be credited with saving Philadelphia's season as well as probably keeping the Reid-McNabb pairing intact for at least one more year.

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Lions fire Marinelli after record-breaking season

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)—Rod Marinelli might be a good head coach. He just isn’t going to find out for sure in Detroit.

Marinelli inherited a Matt Millen-created mess and compounded his problems by reuniting with some former Tampa Bay Buccaneers whose best years were in the past. The result was the NFL’s first 0-16 team and a three-year record of 10-38 for Marinelli, who was fired Monday by the Lions.

Instead of making excuses or explaining why it didn’t work out, Marinelli took the high road.

“If I’d have done better and won more games, then we’d have been fine,” he said.

Marinelli eventually raved about how hard his players practiced for him, insisting he could envision the results showing up on Sundays, but it just didn’t happen.

Especially, this year. “You can’t go 0-16 and expect to keep your job,” Marinelli said. The leaders of Detroit’s front office, though, did just that.
Lions owner William Clay Ford elevated Tom Lewand to team president and Martin Mayhew to general manager, announcing the moves in the same news release that included the decision to fire Marinelli.

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