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Packers benefit from Vikings' miscues, escape with 29-29 tie

GREEN BAY – Aaron Rodgers said a week ago that if you can play, and deal with pain, you should be out on the field. He backed that up again Sunday afternoon — with the aid of a brace on his left knee. But the Packers were given a gift of Vikings’ sloppiness to walk away without a loss in a 29-29 final at Lambeau Field. Vikings kicker Daniel Carlson missed three field goals — including two in overtime — allowing the Packers to swallow Mason Crosby’s own missed game-winner at the end of regulation. Games between good teams are decided by the smallest things and individual miscues by the Vikings on offense, defense and special teams led to big things for the Packers. Of the Vikings’ 13 offensive possessions, eight featured either penalty, a blocked punt, missed field goals, drops or a sack. Their four “clean” possessions led to touchdowns in regulation. Defensively, allowing Aaron Rodgers to run for seven yards on a 3rd-and-7 led to a touchdown. Two roughing calls, an

The Ohio State vs. TCU live blog: Buckeyes use third-quarter surge to survive, 40-28

Live blog by Bill Connelly Fourth Quarter 0:00 That’ll do it.  Dobbins  rips off a 17-yarder, then Ohio State takes a knee from there. The Buckeyes have survived.  OSU 40, TCU 28 . 2:37 And that’ll about do it. TCU moves the chains once, but with the clock ticking toward two minutes, Robinson has to get aggressive, and  Malik Harrison  picks off a pass at the TCU 40. He returns it to the 25, and Ohio State will run out the clock.  OSU 40, TCU 28 . 3:22 Up two possessions, Ohio State eats clock with perfection. Two Weber rushes move the chains once; then, when Weber loses yardage on first down, Haskins fires a dart to  Hill  for 14 yards and another first down. Two more Weber carries move the chains again as the clock moves under five minutes. TCU stiffens from there, as three Weber rushes gain just five yards. But the Buckeyes punts having eaten more than five minutes off the clock.  OSU 40, TCU 28 . 8:51 TCU’s receivers come up big for a while. On third-and-8,