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. Nike MLB Jerseys From China . 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Our guys embrace playing in the snow.The Steelers (8-5) overcame three interceptions thrown by Ben Roethlisberger to win their fourth straight and improve to 8-5 and keep pace in the AFC playoff race.Its the Bills (6-7) who were unable to get a hand on Bell in having their playoff chances all but mathematically slip away. Buffalo is in jeopardy of extending the NFLs longest active playoff drought to 17 years -- the longest since New Orleans ended a 20-year drought by reaching the postseason for their first time in 1987.Its very hard to swallow, cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman said. I dont know how to take this right now. But its going to take some time.After scoring in the first half on 3- and 7-yard runs, Bell put the game away on the opening drive of the third quarter. He had nine rushes for 72 yards alone and capped the 82-yard drive by waltzing into the end zone from 5 yards to put the Steelers ahead 21-7.Bell also had 62 yards receiving to account for 298 of the 460 yards gained by Pittsburgh. It was the second three-TD game of his career, and first in which he scored three times rushing.Bell broke the franchise rushing record set by Willie Parker, who had 223 yards against Cleveland on Dec. 7, 2006.You set a franchise record in a snow game in December, guard David DeCastro said. I mean, come on. Of course it was fun.The mood was entirely different for the Bills.The loss raised questions about coach Rex Ryans job security and quarterback Tyrod Taylors future .Ryan was defiant when asked about whether he deserved a shot to continue on the job beyond his second season.What do you think Im going to say? Youre dang right I do, Ryan said. It hasnt gone exactly the way I wanted it to go, thats obvious. But we have three games left and well try to win every one of them.Ryan, however, was noncommittal in saying, well see, when asked whether Taylor will remain his starter.ddddddddddddTaylor oversaw an offense that sputtered through much of three quarters.The Bills combined for seven first downs and 87 yards net offense on their first nine possessions. That included Sammy Watkins 8-yard touchdown catch set up by Stephon Gilmore returning Roethlisbergers second interception to the Pittsburgh 7 midway through the second quarter.Down 24-7, the Bills scored twice in the final 7:27 on Charles Clays 40-yard catch and LeSean McCoys 3-yard run with 1:25 left.Taylor finished 15 of 25 for 228 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.Ryans prized defense continued to struggle a week after Buffalo squandered a 24-9 third-quarter lead in a 38-24 loss at Oakland. Buffalo has now surrendered more than 200 yards rushing twice this season, including 256 in a 28-25 loss at Miami on Oct. 23, when Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi had 214 of those yards.BAD BENRoethlisberger finished 17 of 31 for 220 yards in continuing his struggles on the road. He has a 4-3 record away from Pittsburgh this season, when hes thrown eight touchdown passes and eight interceptions. Roethlisbergers numbers are far better at home, where hes 4-1 and thrown 17 TDs versus three interceptions.Buffalo linebackers Lorenzo Alexander and Zach Brown, on a pass intended for tight end Jesse James in the end zone, also had interceptions.MINUS YARDSThe Bills had minus-1 yards through two series in the first quarter, becoming the NFLs first team this season to have negative yards through the first 15 minutes. Buffalo didnt get into positive yardage until its first snap of the second quarter, when McCoy had a 9-yard run.SNOW REMOVALThe start of the second half was delayed for nearly 10 minutes because of a buildup of rubber pellets that accumulated along the sidelines. The piles of pellets, which are part of the artificial turf, gathered up when tractors swept the field of a dusting of snow during halftime. Workers were required to use blowers and shovels to push the pellets further off the field.UP NEXTSteelers: At Cincinnati on Dec. 18Bills: Host Cleveland on Dec. 18.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '