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CHASKA, Minn. Wholesale Air Max 90 Ultra Se . -- The Europeans were surging and a raucous crowd at Hazeltine National Golf Club had pretty much been silenced when a bald eagle circled over the tee box on the par-3 13th.Former U.S. Ryder Cup captain Ben Crenshaw was one of the few who noticed.Its an omen, Crenshaw said. Its got to be an omen.Turned out it wasnt, when Henrik Stenson made a tap-in for birdie a few moments later to all but clinch one match for the Europeans. Certainly wasnt a half-hour later when Thomas Pieters rolled in a 15-footer on the same green to do the same in another match.You couldnt blame Crenshaw for hoping for some kind of sign. Hes the guy, after all, who wagged a finger at the media and said he had a feeling it wasnt over the night before the U.S. stormed back from four points down to win the cup in 1999.But on an afternoon where the Americans could have blown this Ryder Cup wide open, the opposite happened. After losing all four morning foursomes matches, Europe rebounded to win three of the four afternoon four balls and suddenly the game was on.Worse yet, Rory McIlroy was taking bows at the end -- an image that surely wont be forgotten by the American team.Never has a 5-3 lead seemed so empty. Never has a day that begun with such promise ended so flat.Thousands of fans didnt even stick around to watch McIlroy take a couple of exaggerated bows to the grandstands after finishing off the final match of the day with an eagle putt on the 16th hole. They had seen enough, streaming for the exits after a long day that began with chants of USA! USA! and ended with European fans singing Ole, Ole, Ole.The team that captain Davis Love III called the greatest ever last week looked like it for about four hours, sweeping the morning matches for the first time in four decades. Maybe it was something they had for lunch, but they looked quite ordinary afterward.Giddy after the morning sweep, they had to search for something positive to take into dinner after not making it past the 16th hole in three of four afternoon matches.A lead is a lead, said Ryan Moore after he and J.B. Holmes were beaten by the Spanish pairing of Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello. Thats where you want to be. You want to be on the right side of it. We keep ourselves on the right side of it all week, well be in good shape.That may be true, but a look at the U.S.-European history in the Ryder Cup suggests otherwise. Love knows that well enough because he was the captain four years ago when the Americans led both days before collapsing in the Sunday singles for yet another loss to the Europeans.All the planning by Love and Phil Mickelson -- and all the cheerleading from the likes of Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson -- seemed to work in the morning in front of some 50,000 fans who cheered themselves hoarse as the American teams swept to easy wins in the alternate shot format.By the afternoon, though, the momentum was suddenly gone as Crenshaw looked for an omen. Fans who had little to cheer for on the American side were reduced for cheering when the Europeans missed putts or when McIlroy hit it in the water on 13.Love, meanwhile, was trying to say something positive about it all.I thought we came out and competed real well, he said. Even the guys that were kind of run over, buzz-sawed, still hung in there and kept making birdies and got these guys as far as they could.Left unsaid is that two of those teams that were buzz-sawed in the afternoon included Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson, the players the U.S. needs to come through to win the Cup for the first time since 2008. Both were impressive in the morning, but both struggled badly in the better ball matches, where the U.S. traditionally has done best.Spieth and Patrick Reed pretty much gave away their match on the 12th hole when Spieth hit a pop-up out of a fairway bunker into the water and Reed was buried deep in the trees.Patrick, be safe. Im in the water, Spieth called out to Reed, who was trying to figure out a way to navigate through the trees.The two will be out again in the morning Saturday against Garcia and Cabrera Bello, while McIlroy and Pieters will lead off against Mickelson and Rickie Fowler.Those matches would be crucial on any Saturday in the Ryder Cup. They might be even more important in one where the momentum seems to have tilted in Europes favor.Honestly, McIlroy said, I think were going to go into the dressing room and overnight feeling a little bit better than they are.----Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg Off White Air Max 90 Wholesale . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. Cheap Air Max 90 Black China . 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We tried to cover that up going zone. Early on he had 10 quick points. In our man-to-man, we werent able to control him. Hes a load. Hes a heck of a player. Big, physical, really aggressive. I wouldnt want to go against him anymore.Jalen Harris added 13 points for the Lobos.New Mexico never trailed and it was briefly tied at 2. The Lobos gained control with a 14-2 run midway through the first half, building a double-digit lead that it retained for the rest of the game.Colter Lasher led Houston Baptist with 19 points. Four other Houston Baptist players also reached double figures. Fake Air Max 90 2019. EY STAT: The Lobos shot 72 percent (18 for 25) in the first half and 50 percent (10 for 20) in the second half.I thought our guys came out and played very tentative there at the beginning of the game, Cottrell said. I dont think we played up to our capability and we really let them take it straight at us. We had a nice discussion at the half about coming out and playing more aggressive and not just rolling over.KEY STAT II: The Lobos outscored the Houston Baptist 35-12 from the foul line and three Huskies players fouled out: Josh Ibarra, Braxton Bonds and Cody Stetler.We have to play inside out, if we do that well get people in foul trouble, well be able to get to the line, Neal said. When we start getting jump-shot happy, we wont be able to get to the line.UP NEXT: New Mexico is at home Friday against rival New Mexico State in the first of its two meetings. The Lobos have dominated the series of late, winning five of six games since Neal took the New Mexico helm. ' ' '