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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin watched Johnny Manziel turn in another strong performance, and then went to work campaigning for his redshirt freshman quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy. Robert Griffin III Elite Jersey . Manziel threw for 372 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more scores as No. 9 Texas A&M handled Missouri 59-29 on Saturday night. No freshman has ever won the award given to college footballs top player. "I think the voters are going to recognize (the numbers)," Sumlin said of Manziel, who has 4,600 yards of total offence. "It doesnt matter what year you are when youre talking about those numbers and the league we are (in), I think tells you all you need to know." The Aggies (10-2, 6-2 SEC) scored touchdowns on their first six drives to build a 42-7 halftime lead and coast to their first 10-win season since 1998. "Thats something that nobody can ever take from them, and it was real important for them to accomplish that," Sumlin said of reaching double digit wins. About the only drama in this one came when Manziel was shaken up on a tackle at the end of a run in the first quarter. "You worry, but just talking with him and talking with our medical people we knew it wasnt very severe pretty quickly," Sumlin said. "He was the first guy saying he wanted to get back in there." Johnny Football missed just four plays before returning with a brace on his left knee. And it didnt seem to slow him down one bit. The Aggies were up 21-0 when he returned, and he threw touchdown passes on three straight possessions to end the first half. He scored on an 18-yard run to start the third quarter, and added another rushing touchdown when he bulled in from 1-yard out early in the fourth. Manziel added 67 yards rushing and completed 32 of 44 passes on Saturday. He has thrown for 24 touchdowns and ran for 19 this season. The win snaps A&Ms three-game losing streak to Missouri (5-7, 2-6 SEC), and will keep the Tigers from becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 2004. "We dont act like this is just real unusual that they scored some points," Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. "Its not. Were talking about a great quarterback. Im certainly disappointed we didnt play better (but) the things he did to us, he did to a lot of people." Backup quarterback Corbin Berkstresser started for Missouri with James Franklin out after having a concussion last week. He threw for 276 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Missouris Kendial Lawrence had 16 carries for 87 yards and a touchdown to surpass 1,000 yards rushing this season. "The last three years Ive been here we always went to a bowl game," Lawrence said. "So this is tough to end this way." After Manziels touchdown run in the third, Taylor Bertolet hit a 50-yard field goal. LDamian Washington got in front of the defence on a 74-yard catch and run near the end of the third quarter to cut A&Ms lead to 52-16. Berkstresser tossed another touchdown with about seven minutes left. Manziel was intercepted by E.J. Gaines late in the third quarter, and the Tigers capitalized on that turnover with a 1-yard run by Berkstresser early in the fourth. Manziels last touchdown run came with about 12 minutes left to extend Texas A&Ms lead to 59-23. He returned for one play of the next drive before being going to the bench to a round of applause as he flashed the Aggies Gig Em sign. The Aggies are hoping that Saturdays performance will give Manziel a final push before Heisman voting closes. A group a fans unfurled a homemade sign that read (hash)heisMANZIEL during the game. When he was shaken up, Manziel was brought down by a tackle to his left leg and held his left knee. He remained on the turf for a couple of minutes while trainers checked him out. The crowd was silent for a bit before a chant of "Johnny, Johnny" erupted. He was helped to his feet and walked off the field on his own power. Backup Jameill Showers went in for the next play and Christine Michael scored his second touchdown on a 38-yard run to push A&Ms lead to 21-0. Manziel missed the first three plays of A&Ms next possession, before returning to start the second quarter. He capped his first drive back with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Swope to make it 28-0. Texas A&M got the ball back after a fumble. Manziel was under heavy pressure on the ensuing drive, and escaped two diving defenders to throw a 5 yard touchdown pass to Mike Evans on the run. His next touchdown pass was much the same as he wriggled out a defender diving at his leg and juked another defender before running to the opposite side of the field and finding Uzoma Nwachukwu to make it 42-0. The Tigers used a fake punt to extend a drive and Lawrence scored on a 4-yard run just before halftime to leave A&M up 42-7. Michael got A&M going with a 1-yard touchdown run on its first drive to make it 7-0. A 2-yard run by Ben Malena pushed the lead to 14-0. Robert Griffin III Nike Jersey . In the end he made it all work out. Yonder Alonsos two-run single in the seventh inning snapped a tie and helped the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Sunday. Robert Griffin III Jersey . The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not made an official announcement. That will come at a news conference scheduled for Friday morning. http://www.robertgriffiniiijerseys.com/ . You can see the game on TSN beginning at 7pm et/4pm pt and join our Game Night blog to chat with other hockey fans during the game. Toronto is off to a 4-0-1 start in 2011-12 and the Leafs are coming off Wednesdays home win over Winnipeg. Robert Griffin III Red Jersey . He didnt even get to meet him. Yes, the job is already Walshs, barring training camp trouble or the sudden availability of a too-good-to-pass-up alternative. Robert Griffin III White Jersey . -- Whether its sheer concentration, inspiration from the loudest gallery in golf or a willingness to deliver when the sport is more about country and continent than cash, the Ryder Cup tends to deliver more stunning shots in three days than most fans see in a month.(Sports Network) - A pair of Atlantic Division rivals will face off in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals this afternoon, as the Philadelphia Flyers host the New Jersey Devils at the Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers and Devils are the fifth and sixth seeds, respectively, in the East and the clubs finished just one point apart in the conference and division standings. Philadelphia had 103 points in the regular season compared to 102 for the Devils. Philadelphia entered this postseason as a considerable underdog to win its first-round series, but Peter Laviolettes club surprised many by ousting the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Eastern Conference quarterfinals in six games. The Flyers simply proved to be too much for Pittsburgh, a trendy pick to win the Stanley Cup heading into the playoffs, scoring 30 goals during a wild series that ended with Philadelphias 5-1 home victory in Game 6. With the win over Pittsburgh, the Flyers advanced to the second round for the third straight spring. Philadelphia last made it to the East finals in 2010. Philadelphias best player all season was Claude Giroux and he was undoubtedly the top skater in the conference quarterfinals against the Penguins. Giroux, who finished third in the NHL with 93 points during the regular season, led all scorers in the first round of the postseason, posting 14 points (6 goals, 8 assists) over the six games. The Flyers strength as a team is clearly its offense and the scoring does not begin and end with Giroux. Philadelphia had 11 players -- all forwards -- post 10 or more goals this season and four of them went over the 20-goal mark. The balanced scoring attack continued in the first round of the playoffs, as Philadelphia had eight skaters record two goals or more. After Girouxs six tallies, Danny Briere was next with five goals and Max Talbot and rookie Sean Couturier each hit the net three times. The 34-year-old Briere is proven producer in the playoffs, compiling 104 points (47G, 57A) in 103 career postseason contests. Giroux centers the top line and is usually flanked on the wings by Scott Hartnell and Jaromir Jagr. Hartnell posted a team-high and career-best 37 goals in the regular season and had two goals and three helpers in Round 1. Jagr, the 40-year-old future Hall of Famer, registered one goal and six assists against one of his former teams in the opening round. The Czech legend leads all active NHLers with 188 points (78G, 110A) in 172 career postseason games. However, while Philadelphia was very impressive at putting the puck into the net against the Penguins, the Flyers struggled mightily on the defensive end. Philadelphia surrendered 26 goals over the six games against Pittsburgh and goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov deserves some blame for that fact. Bryzgalov was signed away from Phoenix last summer, inking a nine-year, $51 million contract with the Flyers. The 31-year-old netminder had an up-and-down first regular season in Philadelphia and Bryzgalovs uneven play continued in the playoffs. The Russian backstop surrendered 21 goals on 163 shots in Round 1, posting an .871 save percentage and 3.89 goals-against average. The former Coyote and Anaheim Duck is 16-15 with a 2.77 GAA and .909 save percentage in 33 career playoff games. However, Bryzgalov was simply stellar against Jersey in four games (three starts) this season, going 3-0 with a 0.29 GAA and .987 save percentage. The Russian backstop recorded two of his six shutouts in 2011-12 against the Devils. On the injury front, Philadelphia hopes to have defenseman Nicklas Grossmann back for Game 1 of this series. Grossmann was forced to sit out the last two games of the opening round with a concussion, but has returned to practice and expects to play today. Injurred defenseman Andrej Meszaros is also back skating with the team, but its unclear if hell be able to play in Round 2. Robert Griffin III Womens Jersey. . Meszaros had back surgery last month and hasnt played since March 1. After missing out on the postseason in 2011, the Devils are back in the playoffs for the 14th time in 15 seasons this spring. New Jersey is coming off beating the Florida Panthers in seven games during the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, giving the Devils their first trip to the second round since 2007. New Jersey ousted Tampa Bay in the first round five years ago, but then lost to Ottawa in the second round. The Devils will now take aim at their first trip to the Eastern Conference finals since they won the last of the franchises three Stanley Cup titles in 2003. Although New Jersey is seeded sixth in the East, head coach Pete DeBoers club was favored against the third-seeded Panthers in the opening round. However, the Devils needed to win Games 6 and 7, in overtime and double-overtime, respectively, to make it into the conference semis. All told, the Devils outscored Florida by an 18-17 margin in the series, but the series couldve been lopsided if New Jersey was able to kill penalties the way it did in the regular season. DeBoers club was first in the NHL in penalty killing this season, stopping the opposition from scoring on 89.6 percent of its power plays. However, the Devils surrendered a whopping nine goals on 27 shorthanded situations in the seven games against Florida. Like the Flyers, New Jersey boasts considerable scoring depth and the Devils were the only team in the NHL to have three 30-goal scorers this season. Ilya Kovalchuk led the way with 37 tallies, while Zach Parise and David Clarkson had 31 and 30 goals, respectively. Patrik Elias and Petr Sykora also potted 20-plus goals with Elias scoring 26 times and Sykora notching 21 markers. The Devils also continued the balanced scoring in the first round, as seven players scored two or more goals against the Panthers. Travis Zajac and Kovalchuk each had three goals, while Parise, Elias, Steve Bernier, Stephen Gionta and Adam Henrique each had two tallies. The Devils still have Martin Brodeur as their No. 1 goaltender and the future Hall of Famer is coming off an up-and-down series that saw him finish with solid overall numbers. Brodeur had a 2.05 GAA and .922 save percentage in the series, but was pulled from Game 3. Brodeur, who will turn 40 years of age on May 6, is 103-84 with a 2.01 GAA and 24 shutouts in 188 career playoff tilts. He was 1-3 in four games against the Flyers this season, but he had a solid 2.26 GAA and .905 save percentage in those outings. The Flyers and Devils have met four times previously in the Stanley Cup playoffs and each team has claimed two series. New Jersey beat Philadelphia in the 1995 and 2000 conference finals, but the Flyers have won the last two series, having ousted the Devils in five games in the opening rounds of the 2004 and 2010 postseasons. Philadelphia barely won the 2011-12 season series against the Devils, posting a 3-2-1 record. The Flyers outscored New Jersey by a combined 18-15 margin over the six battles between the Atlantic Division rivals. Giroux was excellent against the Devils this season, posting four goals and three assists over the six meetings. Kovalchuk was also spectacular against the Flyers, torching Philadelphia for two goals and six assists in six games. Philadelphia was 22-13-6 as the host this season and was 2-1 against the Penguins at the Wells Fargo Center in Round 1. The Devils were 24-15-2 as the guest in 2011-12 and was 2-2 at Florida in the conference quarterfinals. Game 2 of this series is scheduled for Tuesday in Philly. ' ' '
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