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STILLWATER, Okla. -- An executive with the American Football Coaches Association said Monday that Army will likely share the 1945 national title with Oklahoma State.Last week, the AFCA retroactively named Oklahoma State, then known as Oklahoma A&M, its 1945 champion. A committee headed by former AFCA executive director Grant Teaff made the decision.The association said several schools requested that it establish a group of coaches to select winners from 1922, when the association was founded, to 1949, the year before its coaches poll was first published. Gary Darnell, the AFCAs associate executive director, said Army met the associations criteria for 1945, and the academy plans to send in the necessary paperwork to claim its title for that year and two other years it qualifies for, though Darnell didnt specify which years.Darnell said he has spoken with officials from Army, and the program is fine with being 1945 co-champions.When youre dealing with the West Points (Army), their fans are our leaders, he said. Theyre going to see it, and theyre going to embrace the opportunity to be co-champs, or just to be recognized.Army and Oklahoma State were the only schools that met the AFCAs criteria for 1945. Army was The Associated Press champion that year . Oklahoma A&M finished No. 5.The AFCA consulted the Billingsley Encyclopedia of College Football to help decide who qualified. Darnell said there is a lone qualifier for all but about seven of those years from 1922 to 1949, and its up to the schools to file the paperwork and claim their championships. In those years where its unclear, Darnell said the committee will narrow the field.Darnell said the AFCA took the 18-month process seriously before naming Oklahoma State its first retroactive champion.How can a bunch of guys just get together and vote for say, this one as opposed to this one? Darnell said. How do a bunch of people get together and decide which four teams are going to play in the playoff? Its no different. At some point, you make a decision. You ingest as many facts as you can, and make a decision and try to be as fair and honest as you can with it.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: (at)CliffBruntAP Drew Brees Womens Jersey . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. 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After losing 17-6 to the Giants on Sunday, Detroits focus is solely on the Cowboys and their meeting in Dallas on Dec. 26.I view it like Ive viewed it all season long, like Ive viewed it since Ive been here, Caldwell said. One game. Thats all were looking at. Get through this one, take a look at the film. Get ourselves corrected and look forward to the Cowboys coming up.The Lions (9-5) still control their playoff future. They can lock up the NFC North title by winning out. They are a game ahead of the Packers, who beat the Bears 30-27 on Sunday.Detroit closes out the season at home against Green Bay.But nobody in the Lions dressing room was looking beyond the Cowboys.Its going to be one, quarterback Matthew Stafford when asked about the two-game sprint to the finish. We just keep taking one at a time.The loss to Giants was a tough one. Both teams fought hard in a defensive struggle that snapped the Lions five-game winning streak.A positive for the Lions was another stout defensive effort. It was the eighth straight game in which they held an opponent to 20 or fewer points.Aside from Odell Beckham Jrs one-handed touchdown catch in the fourth quarter, the Lions were nip and tuck with a surging Giants team that has won eight of its last nine games.The Lions, who rallied in the fourth quarter to win in eight of their nine victories, never came close to a comeback in this one as the Giants made them play on a long field all day.Stafford didnt show any major issues playing with an injured middle finger on his throwing hand. He finished 24 of 39 for 274 yards and an innterception, finding Golden Tate eight times for 122 yards.ddddddddddddHe hung in there and fought, Caldwell said of Stafford. Obviously its going to be a little bit different for him, in terms of his adjustment. Well battle through it. Thats not the reason we lost the game today. Were not looking for any excuses.The biggest play for the Lions was a 67-yard throw from Stafford to Tate that gave the, first-and-10 at the Giants 11, trailing 7-3 in the second quarter. On first down, Zach Zenner fumbled at the end of a 7-yard run and Olivier Vernon recovered in the end zone.I thought I had it good on the exchange, but Ill have to look at the tape and see what happened, Zenner said. I thought I had a good grip on it and then the worst feeling in the world happened when the ball was loose.Matt Prater accounted for the Lions points with field goals of 48 yards in the second quarter and 33 in the third. The second cut the deficit to 10-6; New York had gotten a 47-yard field goal from Robbie Gould late in the second quarter.However, the Lions never got closer as New York limited Detroit to 5 of 14 on third downs and 324 yards in total.Now its on to Dallas for the Lions final playoff push.We dont like this feeling, Tate said. Were going to try and change that Monday (against Dallas). We need a great week of practice. Me personally, Im excited to get back out there and get this taste out of our mouths and keep it moving. We are right where we want to be. We just need to worry about us and play fundamental, sound football.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '