BOSTON -- With Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan back at Boston College on Wednesday, the message was clear: Things werent always this bad.After one of the worst seasons in the programs history, Ryans arrival on campus to discuss his jersey being retired was a reminder that things can get better in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles went winless in the Atlantic Coast Conference last year, finishing 3-9 for the season, so what better time to bring in the most decorated player in the programs history.Last year was tough. Theres no doubt about that, said Ryan, who led the Eagles as high as No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 and a berth in the ACC title game as a senior in 2008. But I feel good about (coach Steve Addazio). Hes moving things in the right direction.Ryan met with the media and addressed the team a day after the school announced that his jersey will be retired at a ceremony during the Nov. 19 game against Connecticut. Also honored this year will be Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly, whose jersey will be retired during the Oct. 22 game against Syracuse.Ryan said he arrived at BC as a skinny, unheralded triple-option quarterback and converted himself to an NFL player through hard work, good coaching and the talents of teammates on the roster with him. I was very fortunate to be here at the time that I was, he told the current players, who listened, laughed and applauded in the teams auditorium.After leading BC to the conference title game in 2007, Ryan was named the ACC player of the year while also picking up the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He was selected third overall in the NFL draft -- BCs highest draft pick ever, in any sport.In eight NFL seasons, he has thrown for 32,757 yards and 202 touchdowns, leading the Falcons to four playoff appearances and earning three Pro Bowl selections.Kuechly is the most-decorated defensive player in BC history, a two-time consensus All-America selection who led the nation in tackles two seasons in a row and claimed the Dick Butkus Award, the Lott IMPACT Trophy and the Bronko Nagurski Award. With Carolina, he has recorded more than 100 tackles in each of his first four NFL seasons, earning honors as AP Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2012 and AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2013.Boston College has retired the No. 22 of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Doug Flutie and the No. 68 of Outland Trophy winner Mike Ruth. Eight others have their jerseys hanging in Alumni Stadium (though their numbers are still issued): Art Donovan, Bill Flynn, Gene Goodreault, Mike Holovak, Lou Montgomery, Charles ORourke, Tony Thurman and Louis Urban.Also attending the news conference Wednesday to honor Ryan were safety Jamie Silva and offensive lineman Gosder Cherilus. Cherilus, who was the No. 17 overall pick in the draft in 2008, went from the BC team that rose as high as No. 2 in the AP Top 25 and played for the ACC title to a Detroit Lions team that went 0-16.Didnt win a game, he told the players that went 0-8 in the ACC last season. You guys probably cost me a couple of TVs, but Im still a fan.But the Lions won two games the next season, six the year after that and, in Cherilus fourth season, made the playoffs. He encouraged the current players not to give up.You didnt lose because youre not good enough, he said. You lost because you were young. Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Oferta . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Asics Aaron Azul . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. Asics Aaron . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. Asics Gel Lyte 3 Blancas . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee coach Mike Mularkey gambled on the opening play, wanting to send a message to his Titans to be as aggressive as possible.They didnt recover the onside kick.The Titans did little else wrong the rest of the game.Marcus Mariota threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns and the Titans routed Green Bay 47-25 Sunday.Five different Titans scored a touchdown in the first half as Tennessee put together its best scoring performance this season with 35 points.With the win, the Titans (5-5) also matched the five victories over the past two seasons combined.We felt like this was a game we had to make a statement about our team, said Mularkey, who alerted his Titans on Saturday night of trying to steal a possession at the start.The defense forced the Packers three-and-out after the onside kick. Then DeMarco Murray took the Titans opening play from scrimmage, running 75 yards for a touchdown . He finished with 123 yards and also threw a TD pass, becoming the first non-quarterback to do that for this franchise in the same game since Earl Campbell on Sept. 7, 1980, for the then-Houston Oilers.Brian Orakpo had two of Tennessees five sacks, and the Titans also forced three turnovers .The Packers (4-5) started a three-game road swing by losing their third straight. Green Bay has lost four of five in dropping below .500 for the first time since Aaron Rodgers first year as a starter back in 2008.We dug ourselves a huge, huge hole, and frankly it comes down to the basics of football, Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said.It comes down to the basics of football. We werent nearly to the standard that we expect from one another.Rodgers and Mariota came into this game tied for the most TD passes in the NFL over the previous five weeks with 13. Rodgers threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns, and he also ran for another.But Mariota completed his first 10 passes as Tennessee jumped on Green Bay, and he completed TD passes of 9, 32, 6 and 33 -- each to a different receiver.Mariota has 21 TD passes this season, becoming the first Titans quarterback with at least 20 TD passes in a season since 2003 when Steve McNair threw 24 and split the NFL MVP award that yearr with Peyton Manning.ddddddddddddTo even be mentioned among Steve McNair, especially around here, is an honor, Mariota said.STUNNING FIRST QUARTERThe Titans botched the first play of the game with an onside kick that went straight to the Packers. That was one of only two blemishes in the opening quarter. Tennessee outgained the Packers 231-26 in the first quarter and led 21-0. Murray cut inside left tackle Taylor Lewan and outraced everyone to the end zone for his longest TD this season, and he capped the next drive with a 10-yard TD pass to Delanie Walker .PACKERS HOLEGreen Bay trailed by as much as 35-10 before a late TD in the first half. It was the Packers biggest deficit in the first half of a game started by Rodgers, topping a 21-point deficit against the Giants in 2012.MURRAYS DAYThe Titans running back also matched Campbell for the franchise record with a rushing TD in his fifth straight game. Campbell set the mark in 1979. Murray came into Sunday as the NFLs second-leading rusher with 807 yards and a sore toe on his right foot that limited him in practice this week. He got his fifth 100-yard rushing game this season against a Green Bay defense that had been the NFLs stingiest against the run, allowing just 75.8 yards per game.OUT OF HEREThe Titans led only 7-0 when they lost left tackle Taylor Lewan. On the first play of their second drive, Packers defensive tackle Letroy Guion was flagged for going unabated to the quarterback, and Lewan was arguing with Guion when back judge Steve Freeman tried to break it up. Lewan appeared on replays to knock Freemans hand away, and he was ejected for contacting an official. He was replaced by Dennis Kelly.Mularkey said he alerted his team that referee Jeff Triplettes crew had ejected five players already this season.UP NEXT:Packers: Remain on the road, facing the Washington Redskins.Titans: Travel to Indy to face the AFC South rival Colts.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '