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Jay Rood, MGM vice president of race and sports, said a Heisman Trophy upset could be in the cards this weekend. Hes certainly rooting for one.Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson is a heavy favorite to hoist the Heisman at Saturdays presentation ceremony (8 p.m., ESPN). A win for Jackson, the overwhelming favorite, would deliver MGMs sportsbook a low-six-figure hit.I think our chances of maybe an upset occurring are pretty good actually, Rood said. But if he wins the Heisman, its going to be like losing a fairly decent NFL game.Rood said he took a $1,000 bet on Jackson at 50-1 early in the season, a ticket that would net $50,000. Everything else is $10,000, $15,000 winners here and there, he added.Before the season, the MGM pegged Jackson as a 100-1 long shot. Clemsons Deshaun Watson, Stanfords Christian McCaffrey and LSUs Leonard Fournette were the favorites. Jackson quickly caught up.The Cardinals sophomore accounted for 18 touchdowns in the first three games. His electric opening stretch was capped by a five-touchdown performance in a blowout victory over Florida State, cementing his position as Heisman frontrunner and significantly upgrading Louisvilles stock. Jackson emerged as the Heisman favorite on Sept. 18 and remains a heavy favorite heading into the award ceremony. By the time Nevada sportsbooks closed betting on the award winner Nov. 20, as required by gaming control, Jackson was a heavy 1-50 favorite.But that was before Jackson threw three interceptions in an upset loss to Kentucky to finish the season. It was the second straight loss by the Cardinals and was believed to have narrowed Jacksons lead in the Heisman race.His performance against Kentucky was enough for the owner of a $100 betting ticket that would pay $10,100 to sell it for $8,500 on Nevada sports betting market site PropSwap, a service that allows bettors to buy and sell pending bets.Heading into championship game weekend, Jacksons two closest competitors were Washington quarterback Jake Browning and Watson, the Clemson quarterback. Browning and Watson each played in conference championship games last week. Watson accounted for five touchdowns in Clemsons victory over Virginia Tech in the ACC title game. Browning completed 9 of 24 passes for 118 yards with 2 touchdowns in the Huskies victory over Colorado in the Pac-12 championship.This is the second year Nevada sportsbooks have taken bets on the winner of the Heisman Trophy. The MGM lost last season, when Alabama running back Derrick Henry won the award, and now is in an even more precarious spot this year with Jackson.If you open anything at 100-1, its not going to be great cashing it out, especially on something you dont handle much to, Rood said. I mean, if someone wins the Super Bowl at 100-1, you can still grind something out. But when youre talking about the Heisman -- we do 1/100th of what we write to the Super Bowl -- you have no shot.College football odds and ends? Washington beat out Big Ten champion Penn State for the fourth and final playoff spot. Ed Salmons, head football oddsmaker at the Westgate SuperBook, projected that Washington would have been a 4.5-point favorite over Penn State on a neutral field.? Penn State rallied back from a 28-7 first-half deficit to beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game. Down 21, the Nittany Lions were listed as 14-1 underdogs to win straight-up. USA Soccer Store . 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DeAndre Yedlin Jersey . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers.KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A raucous crowd packed into one of Major League Soccers glitzy new stadiums to watch a team comprised of its best players on a picturesque late-summer night. All that was missing was the outcome fans desired. Italian powerhouse AS Roma, led by longtime star Francesco Totti, scored 4 minutes into the game Wednesday night, then added two second-half goals to rout a team of MLS All-Stars 3-1 and dampen what had been a festive celebration of soccer in Kansas City. Kevin Strootman and Alessandro Florenzi each had a goal and an assist, and Junior Tallo also scored for Roma, the three-time Serie A champions. Omar Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Galaxy scored the only goal for the MLS side in second-half stoppage time. "Every time you step inside the white lines you want to win, but I dont think the result was the focus," said MLS coach Peter Vermes. "When you look at the overall picture of what transpired the last few days, it was a great opportunity." The MLS had been 7-2-1 against international opponents since the league adopted the current All-Star game format, the only losses coming to English Premier League club Manchester United. Maybe itll think twice about inviting Italys top teams. "You give these guys a half-second or a half-step and youre not all together after one training session, its tough," MLS defender Matt Besler said. "These guys are world class." Most of a sellout crowd had barely found its seats at Sporting Park, the $200 million home of Sporting KC, when Florenzi sent a pass ahead to Strootman. Sporting KC defender Aurelien Collin recovered to get his foot on the ball, but Strootman still managed to guide it into the net. The goal took much of the zip out of the home crowd, which had been feverishly waving flags and pounding drums during its second All-Star game in two years. Major League Baseball staged its Midsummer Classic just across the state line at the Royals Kauffman Stadium last July. The two second-half goals by Roma only served to seal a joyless night for the MLS during an otherwise positive period of growth and progress. Stadiums are in the works for D.C. United and San Jose, and an expansion club will start play in New York in 2015. The Columbus Crew were sold to ambitious new owners earlier this week, and Commissioner Don Garber announced at halftime Wednesday night that four expansion franchises will begin play by the 2020 season, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 24. Theres perhaps no better example of how far the league has come than Kansas City, which once played its games before a few thousand fans in cavernous Arrowhead Stadium. The team was sold to local owners in 2006, and they embarked on a dramatic rebranding of the franchise formerly known as the Wizards. They speaarheaded the construction of one of the most glamorous soccer-specific stadiums in the country, built a feverish fan base and became one of the most successful teams on the field -- the club has won two straight Eastern Conference titles.dddddddddddd It was little surprise that Kansas City was awarded this years All-Star game, and even less of a surprise that there was plenty of hometown flavour throughout the night. Not only was the MLS side led by Sporting KCs Vermes, the coach also included three of his own in the starting lineup. Collin was joined by forward Graham Zusi and fellow defender Besler, who helped the U.S. national team win the CONCACAF Gold Cup over the weekend. The club also paid homage to its roots by introducing Tony Meola and Preki, longtime staples of the Wizards, as they presented the trophy prior to the game. "To have the kind of players we had on the field tonight is really fun, and to have guys like Thierry Henry in our locker room is quite an honour," said Robb Heineman, the CEO of Sporting KC. Once the game started, there was little for MLS fans to feel good about. Strootmans early goal set the tone as Roma attacked the MLS sides shoddy defence with pressure right up the middle. Florenzi had a goal taken away moments later by a close off-sides call, and then missed an open shot just wide of the net a few minutes later. The MLS side never had a good scoring chance in the first half, and by the time it got things sorted out in the second, Roma had already tacked on a couple more scores. Florenzi finally found the back of the net in the 47th minute -- he was clearly onside this time -- and Tallo added his goal in 69th minute to put away the game. "For us, this was a really good chance against a great team in a great environment," said Roma midfielder Michael Bradley, who got his professional start in Major League Soccer. As frustrating as the loss was for MLS, it was uplifting for Roma, which has been rebuilding its roster while embarking on its fourth manager in two years under American ownership. James Pallotta, Romas president and a Boston Celtics minority owner, leads a four-man group of Boston executives who are the first foreign majority owners of a Serie A club. Pallotta played an integral part in landing Roma the marquee tuneup for its upcoming season. "The atmosphere was very good," Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. "It was like a league game for us against a very strong team, and to win a game like this is very good for us." Canadian midfielders Will Johnson of the Portland Tlmbers and Patrice Bernier of the Montreal Impact were both part of the MLS team. The other Canadian connections on the all-star squad were forwards Marco DiVaio (Montreal Impact) and Camilo Sanvezzo (Vancouver Whitecaps). ' ' '