Edwards, Roush dominate Michigan again

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08/17/2008 - Brooklyn, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards scored a weekend sweep at the Michigan International Speedway Sunday by winning the 3M Performance 400. The No.99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver led a race-high 84 laps and crossed the finish line 0.984 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch.

The victory was Edwards' fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and the 12th of his career.

Edwards also won Saturday's Nationwide race at Michigan.

David Ragan finished third. Greg Biffle came in fourth, and Matt Kenseth was fifth. Four of Roush's five drivers finished in the top-five.

More details to follow.

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Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

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Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

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Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.