while trent richardson had a great year, i think maybe the honey badger's performance in that s.e.c. es some votes away from him, although i had trent number two and mathieu number three. >> it's why i think rg3 is the guy that deserves the win this. i was impressed with him today, the way he approaches the game. throws the prettiest deep ball with accuracy and touch. >> i think they all are deserving to win this. but to be able to beat oklahoma and texas, and the finish beating the longhorns, was ultimately the thing i think put him the top. >> let's move to some basketball. pass the baton, if you will. ohio state, no jared sullinger today. losing at fog allen, 78-67. the jay hawks get the win for bill self's team. ugly moment in the xavier-cincinnati moment. holloway is taunting the bearkats' bench. then the bearkats respond. a brawl ensues. yansi gates is going to punch kevin freese. freese is going to get up from the floor with a very bloody left eye. after the game, a shamed nick cronin had this to say from the cincinnati point of view. >> i need to meet with my a.d. and my presi

while trent richardson had a great year, i think maybe the honey badger's performance in that s.e.c. es some votes away from him, although i had trent number two and mathieu number three. >> it's why i think rg3 is the guy that deserves the win this. i was impressed with him today, the way he approaches the game. throws the prettiest deep ball with accuracy and touch. >> i think they all are deserving to win this. but to be able to beat oklahoma and texas, and the finish beating the longhorns, was ultimately the thing i think put him the top. >> let's move to some basketball. pass the baton, if you will. ohio state, no jared sullinger today. losing at fog allen, 78-67. the jay hawks get the win for bill self's team. ugly moment in the xavier-cincinnati moment. holloway is taunting the bearkats' bench. then the bearkats respond. a brawl ensues. yansi gates is going to punch kevin freese. freese is going to get up from the floor with a very bloody left eye. after the game, a shamed nick cronin had this to say from the cincinnati point of view. >> i need to meet with my a.d. and my presi

alabama runningback, trent richardson finished griffin gives baylor their first heisman winner. >>> there are plenty of connections, wide receiver's donte and javar are former patriots. carter spent five seasons in washington. his best was in 2009 when he racked up 11 sacks. he struggled last year when the redskins transitioned with 3-4 defense and parted ways after the season ended. he is their leading defense. he is leading their defense with nine sacks. the skins are hoping he doesn't play that well against them tomorrow. >> it is going to be fun, you know, i came here learning a lot from them. it will be good to see them. haven't had a chance to see them since he left the team. i am happy for him and hopefully keep his mouth shut. i know they aren't interrogating him, but you have to do a good job. >> always happy to see guys do well, and i'm very pleased with seeing him out there playing well. i just hope he can get out here, you know. >> virginia high school division 6th final. playing in charlottesville. second quarter, mitch on a slant to chase walter. that's tonight's touchdown.

monty ball, robert griffin ii, andrew luck, tyrone matthew and trent richardson have been invited to new york for saturday's presentation. >>> bruins have been on a tear lately, lost one in the last 15 and latest victim, the pittsburgh penguins. bergeron undressed a defenseman and dished to tyler seguin. bruins beat the pens 3-1. >>> on the flipside the capitals who fired their coach last week and continue to underachieve. the panthers scored two goals in a span of 13 seconds in the first period. weiss with a pair. panthers won 5-4. >>> blackhawks rally from three down but couldn't complete it against the coyotes. winning 4-3. >>> to new york for the hit of the night. maple leafs phaneuf crushed rangers michael sauer. nothing illegal about it. that's a textbook hit. the helmet came flying off. he actually hit his head on the boards on the way down. he was fine just a little rattled. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, rosie gets ready to say "i do" and larry king gets ready for, well, passing away. your entertainment headlines are straigh

facing tough competition from trent richardson, the alabama running back, the second alabama runningto be named a finalist in the past three years. of course ingram won a couple years ago. lsu running back tyrann mathieu and montee ball. the heisman is awarded on saturday. >>> two struggling teams getting together for monday night football. chargers in jacksonville to take on the jags. philip rivers looks for antonio gates who makes a wild catch. it's batted around, gets himself a first down. that set up a touchdown. going to the second quarter, san diego up three, rivers again this time deep, 35 yards to vincent jackson, nice extension and nice grab on the catch. 24-14 chargers at the half. ryan matthews takes it to the 30, going to break it out to the sideline and he is gone. touchdown san diego. they win 38-14. they snap a six sdsh game losing streak, they're now 5-7. the jags who were purchased this week fall to 3-9. >>> coming up on "morning joe," newt gingrich hangs with the donald as he picks up steam opening a double-digit lead in iowa. we'll discuss that with our crew when w

here, we're obviously routing for stanford and it goes to griffin, and a couple of other guys trent richardson from alabama, but griffin gets it. >> deserving. >> yes. >> he turned it on at the end. >> always good candidates for that. >> sure. >> we still like andrew luck. >> that's it for eyewitness news at 5:30. we will see you back here in a half hour and then at 10:00 and 11:00 and until then our news updates are on cbs-sf.com. good night.

york, finishing comfortably ahead of stanford quarterback andrew luck, and alabama running back trent richardsons first baylor player to win the award. >>> amid this busy season for holiday travelers, some new york lawmakers were calling on the tsa to create a passenger advocate at airports nationwide to act on the spot when passengers complain of invasive security screenings. the proposal by senator chuck schumer follows recent claims that an elderly woman was strip searched at kennedy airport here in new york. for its part, the tsa says it does not conduct strip searches. >>> speaking of high profile incidents at the airport, alec baldwin is getting the last laugh after getting kicked off a flight for refusing to stop playing a game on his electronic device before the plane backed away from the gate. last night he stopped by "snl" to spoof the incident, posing as the american airlines pilot who game him the boot and essentially apologizing to himself. >> mr. baldwin is an american treasure. i am ashamed at the way he was treated. i mean, what harm would it do to let him keep playing his game.

andrew luck, alabama running back trent richardson.lor quarterback rg 3 as they call him and today, luck named winner of the johnny unitas golden arm ward. he is deserving of that, throwing over 3,000 yards and 35 touchdowns leading cardinals to a spot in the fiesta bowl. today, he talked highsman. >> very honored and excited. you know it's a great trip to new york. last year, what an experience it was. to be able to go relive that again, i'm excited to meet the other guys and represent this university. >> the warriors unveiled their new practice facility today. the bonus? fill it up with players. players knocked off in preparations for upcoming season. always great owe see your teammates in this training off season. they cannot have an official organized head practice until frism but eight players showed up today. >> about a month and a half it was depressing there. and not having anything to do other that be than just work out. it's great to be back and see teammates again. we're ready to go on friday. >> delay to help us have a fres

trent richardson from alabama and wisconsin's monte ball and the honey badger lsu defensive back matthew he just takes what he wants. the teddy bear toss is a holiday tradition at many hockey arenas. the calgary hitmen scored their first goal in sunday's game, fans threw 25,000 stuffed animals on the ice. the players took them to 50 local charities yet. since 2003 the team has collected more than 186,000 stuffed and i mals for hospitals and charities. this is great. teams, junior teams, minor league teams across the u.s. and canada do this every year this time of the year. it's a really cool thing. >> not only is it fun but what a great way to give to charity. >> absolutely. the kids definitely appreciate it. and, you know, fans, they love that. they love tim at the bow in denver. another fan has jumped on the tim tebow bandwagon. photo shopping the quarterback's head into the music video for "all do i is win." ♪ every time i step up on the field everybody's hands go up ♪ >> so instead you are seeing tebow there and broncos fans can't get enough of him. he's 6-1 as a starter and has led

the others could be going home with it are alabama trent richardson and tyron matthews. >>> now, 8:56ont city council has given the green light to a controversial proposal to build a sports complex. and the patch reports that the 4-1 vote took place around 2:30 this morning after some 70 people signed up to speak. it will add a sports complex here on the oakland border that would include soccer and baseball fields, but not everyone supports the projects. >> it is really beautiful, i think it would be sad to tear it down for the soccer field, even e though they will be playing soccer and they need that. >> critics are worried. now, they say that the sports complex is needed to keep up with the area's growing use program. >>> and now today's winners will be getting to see the harlem globetrotters. you'll be able to see the globetrotters when they come to the bay area on january 14 to the oakland arena. and for your chance to win, just go to ktvu.com before midnight and put in a secret word. >> yes, all right, it was a fun show. let's quickly go over to sal one for time for an update. >>

i'll remember that as i'm watching trent richardson winning the heisman. >> you know who i'm rootingng to flip a coin? i want osu to beat stanford, and that's not going to be easy. but if we win, alabama wins, is it alabama against osu? no. we'll play lsu on friday afternoon and the following saturday we'll play alabama. >> we love that. let's set that up. >> we look forward to -- we're doing an event with you on monday. >> my coach mike gundy, i'll get a call from him shortly. don't say we're going to play friday and saturday. >> are you dumping me out? >> no, you can -- >> you can stay if you'd like, we're going to be interviewing donald trump next. >> donald will be here? >> yes. ♪ i'm burning out this useless telephone ♪ ♪ my hair is gone ♪ cheap cologne ♪ motor home ♪ i'm the rocket man! [ both ] ♪ rocket man ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone? ahh. [ male announcer ] crystal clear fender premium audio. one of many premium features available on the all-new volkswagen passat. the 2012 motor trend car of the year. ♪ and i think it's gonna be

. >> trent richardson from iowa, tyler matthew from lsu, andrew luck from stafford, and monty ball. and i look forward to watching them play. >> so what are you going to do next? you have some choices here. you could go to law school. play again. you could go professional. what are you -- you have so many good choices and good options. >> well, it's good to have a lot of doors open. the biggest thing for me right now is focusing on what's in front of me, and that's playing in this bowl game on december 29. after that's done, i'll decide whether to come back or go pro. >> so keeping focused right now. enjoy this moment. everyone is asking you what next. and you're like, come on, can i enjoy my trophy for a minute? >> yes. take care of what's in front of you. >> in 2009, i think you tore your acl. and you have been quoted as saying that you really knew then how much you loved to play this game. when you were sidelined. you love this game. how did that change your outlook as a player and how you play? >> for me as a player, you have to take advantage of every day, take advantage of wha

trent richardson the alabama running back and the honey badger there he is tiranne mathieu, the cornerbacknsin running back montee ball. >> who quietly had as good a season statistically as anybody. >> if he scores two touchdowns in the bowl game he'll have more than any running back in a single season. a huge yir. if you handicap it, we talked to chris fowler yesterday. they do the straw polls. robert griffin iii is polling very high right now. luck was the runner-up last year so he was kind of the front-runner coming in. a lot of people saying it might be this kid from baylor which would be a great story. great season, great career. >> as you said, harold, luck is -- >> i think luck probably has better pro potential when you look at the size but barkley had one heck of a year at usc. >> i think the honey badger coming up splits up the s.e.c. vote enough and as you said, you think there is an s.e.c. >> who would you go for? who is number two and three? >> i would put trent one and rg iii two. >> i put mathieu. i put mathieu. best player in the country. >> i mean -- >> honey badger. >> you

trent richardson of alabama. >> how could he be bias against a pensacola native?which no other candidate has to that same degree. he started the season with a bang. baylor upset tcu which upset some people. went crazy against texas. a defense that doesn't give up big plays to anybody all year and he torched them from the second play on. and i think baylor has never had a guy in this position. he's a great role model, spokesman for college football, as is andrew luck and richardson. i think it's a three-guy race. all be in new york as finalists, possibly joined by another guy or two. they'll announce that very soon. the voting closes at 5:00 today. but it would be amazing to have the baylor heisman guy that basically came from no where in the last month. >> i loved his post-game interview. he said, i think i just won the heisman. i am pretty sure i just locked it up. >> proving that i'm unfair -- >> and unbiassed, right? >> i had somebody y won't mention his name that i talked to yesterday. a big, big name in college sports saying you guys wouldn't have been anywhe