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INDIANAPOLIS -- Andrew Luck followed a familiar script Sunday. [url=http://www.custompatriotsjersey.com/custom-kevan-barlow-jer

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Andrew Luck followed a familiar script Sunday. Kevan Barlow Jersey . He started fast, played efficiently and delivered the late-game victory. Just like he did as a rookie. The only difference this time was that he won this game with his feet. After throwing for 178 yards and two touchdowns, Indys second-year quarterback took off and scored on a 19-yard TD run with 5:20 to play to beat Oakland 21-17. "I went through my reads. As youre sort of stepping up you sort of realize, Hey man, theres no one here," Luck said after Indy won its first opening-day game since 2009. "That decision is like OK, I can make the first down. Then you start running and its OK, lets go for the end zone." He made it work, of course, as he always seems to do. But Luck and the Colts tried to change the formula during the off-season. Indy brought in two new offensive linemen to protect Luck better and create running lanes, and it overhauled the defence to try and keep Luck and the offence on the field. They got mixed results Sunday. While the Colts ran 26 times for 127 yards, Luck was sacked four times and hit a handful of others, and the Raiders still managed to convert 7 of 13 times on third down. Luck completed 18 of 23 passes after starting the game with 11 consecutive completions. Reggie Wayne had eight catches for 96 yards and one score. The Colts defence couldnt get off the field in the second half, yet somehow managed to hold long enough to give Luck a chance to work his late-game magic, and then made the big play to seal the win. It was enough to get the win -- but not good enough to satisfy Chuck Pagano, who is 8-1 at home since taking over as the Colts coach last season. "We didnt go into a shell. It was either a penalty, negative play, a sack that took us out of (it)," he "We still drove the ball. We still got it to midfield. We were still on their side of the 50. But then wed shoot ourselves in the foot." The miscues allowed Oakland to stay close and even take the lead midway through the fourth quarter with a team that started the day with nine new defensive starters and no announced starting quarterback. But after allowing touchdowns on Indys first two series, the Raiders frustrated Luck and the Colts the rest of the day. The most frustrating part for the Colts was Terrelle Pryor. In just his second career start, the Raiders new starting quarterback went 19 of 29 for 217 yards with one touchdown and set a franchise record for yards rushing by a quarterback. Pryor, the former Ohio State star, carried 13 times for 112 yards, breaking the mark (85 yards) former league MVP Rich Gannon established Oct. 8, 2000. But Pryor made more mistakes than Luck. Pryor threw two interceptions, both in the red zone, and took a 16-yard sack with 68 seconds to go after Oakland reached the Indy 8-yard line. Two plays later, he was picked off by Antoine Bethea at the Colts 4. "Im disappointed in myself. Taking sacks in unacceptable," Pryor said. "This loss is on me. At the end of the day, I threw the ball away. I did awful, I thought." Luck opened the scoring with a looping 12-yard TD pass to Wayne on the first drive and stood in against Oaklands pressure to connect with Dwayne Allen on a 20-yard score to make it 14-0. Pryor answered with two long runs to Darren McFadden for a 1-yard TD run that cut the lead to 14-7. And with the score 14-10, Pryor gave Oakland the lead when he hooked up with Denarius Moore on a 5-yard TD pass with 11:09 to go. Thats when Luck responded. On third-and-4 from the Raiders 19, the middle of the field opened up and Luck took off. Oakland couldnt catch him. "Sometimes when it just opens up like that, you cant help but go," Luck said. "I knew I wanted the first down if I took off. Then Darius (Heyward-Bey) did a great job of coming out of his route and just pinning the guy, blocking his man in. A nice lane into the end zone." Notes: Two fans were injured following the game when a railing gave way and they fell into the walkway leading through one of the tunnels. ... Wayne passed Steve Largent for No. 13 on the NFLs career list for yards receiving. Wayne has (13,159). Largent had 13,089. ... McFaddens TD run was the first by an Oakland running back since Oct. 14, 2012. He finished with 17 carries for 48 yards. ... Kevin and Kaelin Burnett became the first brother tandem to play in the same game for the Raiders. ... Allen left the game with a hip injury in the second half. Kevin Greene Jersey . 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Ken Dryden Ken Dryden was drafted 14th overall in 1964 by the Bruins. Later in the day, he was traded to the Habs with Alex Campbell for Paul Reid and Guy Allen. Campbell, Reid, and Allen eventually combined to play zero NHL games, while Dryden would go on to get a BA from Cornell, win six Stanley Cups, get a law degree from McGill, win five Vezinas and a Conn Smythe, write a best-selling book, and be generally considered the best goalie of his generation while contributing to the Habs dominance over the Bruins and the league during that era. So lopsided was the trade that Dryden was unaware of it until the mid-70s. Reid didnt find out until 2002, and that discovery was predicated on the invention of the Internet. Too Many MenThe Bruins-Habs rivalry would reach its heights the 1970s, making it the most enduring and compelling matchup in sports, and creating the template for the hate that exists between the two teams today. 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