England's young stars impress captain Terry

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11/20/2008 - Berlin, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - England captain John Terry was relieved to head in the winning goal in the 2-1 friendly success against Germany after his earlier blunder had allowed Joachim Low's side to grab an equalizer.

Dithering by Terry and goalkeeper Scott Carson allowed Germany's Patrick Helmes the opportunity to net after Matthew Upson had given Fabio Capello's side a deserved first-half lead.

However, with only six minutes left, Terry moved forward to head home Stewart Downing's pinpoint free-kick and clinch victory for England.

"It was a good performance and it would have been an injustice had we ended up drawing the game," the Chelsea defender said after the win. "The conditions with the swirling wind made it difficult to get the ball down in play in the first half but in the second period we played a lot better and deserved the win.

"For me personally it's a great feeling to lead the side to victory in Germany, particularly after losing the game with them at Wembley 15 months ago.

"I hold my hands up. I'm to blame for their goal. There's no blame at all attached to Scott. I should have dealt with the situation better. Someone of my experience should have cleared the ball.

"But I'm relieved that I had the chance to make amends by going down the other end and getting the winner. I told Stewart to hold the ball up at the far post and I managed to get in front of their center half and head it home.

"The youngsters can be proud of themselves and I thought Gabby (Gabriel Agbonlahor) did fantastically well. I think these youngsters have given the manager a difficult problem for the future when he comes to picking his side.

"This is a great way to finish the year. We started it quite slowly but have got our confidence back and have got the fans back on our side."

(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.