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RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State has fired football coach Tom OBrien after six seasons, four of which were good enough to get the Wolfpack into a bowl but none that could get them to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Athletic director Debbie Yow made the announcement Sunday, one day after the Wolfpack finished a 7-5 regular season with a win over Boston College. During a news conference, Yow said she met with OBrien on Friday to discuss the future of the program, then notified him of her decision Sunday before meeting with the coaching staff and players. "I told them its really fairly simple," Yow said. "Coach OBrien and I agree on the goal of becoming a top-25 program. We just dont agree on what it takes to do that, how to get there." OBrien went 40-35 after coming to Raleigh from BC following the 2006 season. He took the Wolfpack to three bowl games, but wont coach in a fourth when N.C. State receives its bid next week. Yow said OBriens buyout would be $1.2 million over four years. N.C. State says offensive co-ordinator Dana Bible will be the interim coach for the bowl game. All other assistants are staying to continue bowl preparations. "I appreciate the opportunity to have coached at North Carolina State University and I feel that the program is in a better place now than when I started," OBrien said in a statement issued by the school. The 64-year-old OBrien, who went 75-45 in 10 seasons at BC with eight consecutive bowl berths before coming here, said at his December 2006 hiring that it was "N.C. State or bust for me." In his statement Sunday, OBrien said he is looking "forward to life after football." His teams were just 22-26 in ACC play and finished above .500 in the league just once, going 5-3 in 2010. He was 1-14 in Atlantic Division road games. Only three ACC teams -- No. 13 Florida State (10-2), No. 15 Clemson (10-2) and rival North Carolina (8-4) -- had better overall records this season than the Wolfpack, who were 4-4 in the league. That was good for third in the Atlantic Division behind Florida State and Clemson -- exactly where they were picked in the preseason poll. But consistency was a problem all season. They opened with a 14-point loss to a Tennessee team that went on to finish 5-7. They blew a late 10-point lead and allowed an ACC-record 566 yards passing in a loss at Miami. They were routed at home 33-6 by a last-place Virginia team that had lost six straight and they gave up 62 points in a loss at Clemson. Not even a thrilling upset of then-No. 3 Florida State on Oct. 6 could save OBriens job. OBrien also faced some questions in the spring of 2011, when he parted ways with three-year starting quarterback Russell Wilson, who was attempting to play both minor-league baseball and football at the high FBS level. Wilson transferred to Wisconsin for his senior season, led the Badgers to the Rose Bowl and wound up winning the job with the Seattle Seahawks. OBriens choice certainly appeared justified when Mike Glennon -- who took over for Wilson -- led the ACC in passing this season, averaging 304 yards. The school says a national search for OBriens replacement will begin immediately. Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping . Barring unexpected progress in the NHLs labour talks this week, the leagues signature Jan. Cheap Jerseys Online . Commissioner Gary Bettman has suggested placing a two-week moratorium on stalled collective bargaining negotiations, multiple sources told The Canadian Press on Thursday night. http://www.cheapjerseysapp.com/ . Five months after they brawled in Munich at a news conference, Haye put Chisora down for good with a left hook. 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Throughout a wild, wacky game that featured 30 hits, 17 runs and 13 pitchers, protection proved to be a theme for a Giants team that refused to quit. They built a 4-0 lead, then trailed by three and blew a chance to win in the ninth. Only fitting they showed the same fight at the finish. Scutaro singled home the winning run in the 10th inning after Buster Poseys tying double in the ninth, and the Giants rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-8 on Monday. "Thats probably one of the best wins," Posey said, "if not the best win of the year." Brandon Crawford beat out a single to short leading off the final inning and moved to second when Brett Pill dropped his first career sacrifice bunt. Angel Pagan grounded out to first to advance Crawford to third. Scutaro sent the final fastball from Bryan Shaw (1-5) past diving third baseman Chris Johnson for San Franciscos seventh walk-off win this season. Scutaro, the former super-sub in Oakland who came over in a trade with Colorado after the All-Star break, also doubled and scored the tying run in the ninth to help hand J.J. Putz his second straight blown save. Putz had converted 19 consecutive saves until blowing a chance in a loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. "Tremendous comeback," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Its a little different in September, theres no getting around it." Sergio Romo (4-2) struck out two in a perfect inning for the Giants to earn the win. Scutaro hit a double to left leading off the ninth against Putz and moved to third on Sandovals groundout. Posey doubled down the left-field line to score Scutaro. Putz intentionally walked Hunter Pence and struck out Xavier Nady swinging. With a full count and an announced sellout crowd of 42,045 roaring to its feet, he struck out Hector Sanchez and quieted AT&T Park. At least for a little, anyway. The Giants, coming off a 5-1 road trip against Chicago and Houston, returned home with a 4 1/2-game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West. The loss gave Arizona, now 11 1/2 back of San Francisco, another blow to its fading playoff hopes. "I got beat. I didnt make a pitch when I needed to, bottom line," Putz said. ";It was a (expletive) pitch to Scutaro to start the inning.dddddddddddd. Thats not the way you want to start." The Giants handed starter Barry Zito plenty of support in the first inning and looked poised to pull away early. No chance. On a relatively warm, windless day by San Francisco standards, the ball carried well all afternoon. Poseys fly drifted over the head of right fielder Justin Upton and off the scoreboard for a double that scored Scutaro. Pence followed with a two-run triple and Sanchezs infield single gave the Giants a 4-0 lead. Zito struck out five of the first seven he faced and had Arizonas hitters chasing pitches all over the zone and in the dirt -- until he didnt. In the fifth, Chris Johnson sent an 80 mph cutter over the wall in left for his 14th home run, a two-run shot that sliced San Franciscos lead to 4-2. Zito was replaced by Guillermo Moto after allowing consecutive singles to Upton and Jason Kubel to open the sixth. Arizona sent ten batters to the plate in the inning while getting an RBI from five different players -- Johnson, Paul Goldschmidt, Willie Bloomquist, Chris Young and Aaron Hill -- to take a 7-4 lead. Goldschmidts double was the only extra-base hit. Zito gave up four runs and seven hits and struggled to go deep for the second straight start. Arizona starter Patrick Corbin followed suit, allowing four runs and seven hits in five innings. Both struck out six and walked none. Zito left with a 4-2 lead, a light ovation from fans and a mess Mota couldnt clean up. Mota, who came back last week following a 100-game suspension for his second positive drug test, gave up two hits, a walk and was charged with three runs before the boo-birds pelted the pitcher. Sandoval singled home Pagan in the seventh as San Francisco began its own rally. After Upton added an RBI single for Arizona in the eighth, Crawford hit an RBI double and pinch-hitter Brandon Belt followed with a two-out single to bring the Giants within a run. David Hernandez, who started the inning, got Pagan out on hard line drive to right field for the final out of the eighth. "Thats in the bonus column right there," Zito said. "Its those ones that really make the difference when the year is over." NOTES Aubrey Huffs pinch-hit single for the Giants in the seventh was his first hit since June 10 against Texas. ... The game marked the 150th consecutive sellout for San Francisco. ... Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner (14-9, 3.07 ERA) starts against Arizona RHP Trevor Cahill (9-11, 4.02 ERA) on Tuesday. ' ' ' |
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