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CALGARY -- Jon Montgomery didnt disappear. One of the famous Canadian athletes to come out of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games did what he felt he needed to do to win another gold medal, which was not to race at all this season. Instead, the man as well known for auctioning off a pitcher of beer in Whistler, B.C., following his Olympic victory spent this winter tinkering and testing sleds while his rivals raced. "Im doing equipment development," Montgomery said. "Im trying to make sure that Im in the best possible position for success leading up to and including the 2014 Games. "This year is not a throw-away season, but it doesnt mean anything in terms of our road to 2014. This was the season to sacrifice competition and focus on those aspects." Montgomerys absence was noticeable at the recent two Canadian stops on the World Cup circuit -- Whistler last week and the Calgary stop that concludes with mens four-man bobsled Saturday. A Canadian man didnt finish in the top five in skeleton at either track. The season ends with the world championship next week in Lake Placid, N.Y. "For sure, you always want to be playing, you always want to be competing," Montgomery said. "Thats an easy pill to swallow knowing Im making the best use of my time right now in this aspect of equipment development and the programs Ive been working on. "This is definitely the best use of my time for sure." Montgomery opened the season after his Olympic win with a World Cup victory on the same Whistler track. But he finished no higher than sixth the rest of the season. Montgomery ended up ninth in the overall World Cup standings and 11th in the 2011 world championships. It wasnt as if he suddenly couldnt drive. Montgomery decided then he had to aggressively research how to build a better sled. As he put it, "the 2014 season is not the time to be trying new things." The 32-year-old from Russell, Man., wants the technology to win on any track, not just Whistler. Hes doing it with the help of Standens, a company that specializes in axels and suspensions and built his winning ride for 2010. "Theres certain tracks I wasnt able to compete on, Calgary being one of them. Whistler not one of them," Montgomery said. "My old setup was perfect for Whistler, but Im trying to create something that I can win week-in and week-out on and when I come to the track, I want to know that I can win. "If I dont take ownership of that process, then you are always left wondering what could have been done. I dont want to have those types of thoughts standing on the start line, should I be fortunate enough to earn a spot in 2014." Montgomerys hiatus also allowed him to take a breather from relentless training, which he feels will also help him in the long run. "Im not letting myself go and becoming a fat mess or anything," he says. "I am certainly staying healthy and getting ready to hit the ground running this April and do lots of dryland training." Montgomery married fellow slider Darla Deschamps last summer. She was coming off a breakout rookie season, placing in the top five of four World Cup races and placing eighth at the world championship. But her competitive season ended in December when Deschamps suffered a concussion while training in Norway. Montgomery says his wife is recovering, but rushing her back to competition would be the wrong decision. So a couple who is often travelling around the world has spent a lot of time at home recently. "Newly-married couple hanging out together quite a bit, I think were getting an insight into what retirement might be like," Montgomery joked. "Were surviving and thriving, so this is a great prospect." Wholesale Jerseys Paypal . -- Ill Have Another looked like just another horse at the Kentucky Derby. Wholesale Jerseys Cheap . 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So Klein, a multitalented senior, had the stage all to himself, one last chance to burnish his credentials for what would be Kansas States first Heisman. In front of their sixth sellout in seven home games, the Wildcats (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) tied their team record for victories in a season and matched Oklahomas Big 12 record. Kansas State has beaten Texas (8-4, 5-4) five in a row. The Sooners beat TCU earlier Saturday and immediately donned caps and T-shirts declaring themselves Big 12 champs. But Kansas States 24-19 win at Oklahoma on Sept. 22 gives them the tiebreaker and sends them into the Fiesta Bowl. After a slow start, Klein wound up hitting 8 of 14 passes for 184 yards and added 108 yards rushing on 23 carries. John Hubert scored three touchdowns. Texas, which may be headed for the Cotton Bowl, led 10-7 at halftime. But with Klein hitting a 29-yard pass and Hubert breaking free for 28 yards, Kansas State soared 75 yards in seven plays, with Hubert scoring from the 2. Hubert also had a 2-yard TD run with 47 seconds left in the third quarter and scored on a 1-yard run for a 35-17 lead with a little more than 3 minutes to go after Drew Liddle recovered Texas muffed punt. A few minutes later, Allen Chapman intercepted Case McCoys paass and ran it back 35 yards, setting up Kleins 9-yard TD run for a 42-17 lead with 1:53 left.dddddddddddd McCoy threw a 14-yard TD pass to Jaxon Shipley in the second quarter and a 9-yard scoring pass to Malcom Brown less than 1 minute left in the game. Brown also scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter. McCoy hit 26-of-34 passes for 314 yards, with two interceptions. He was sacked four times by a swarming Kansas State defence. The Wildcats lone touchdown of the first half came on a 1-yard run by Klein and after an embarrassing lapse by defensive back Nigel Malone. With perfect timing, Malone jumped in front of McCoys intended receiver on Texas second possession, made the interception and sped 30 yards into the end zone. But the ball only travelled the 29. The play was initially ruled a touchdown, but upon review, it was determined Malone had let go of the ball and allowed it drop to the ground just as he was about to step across the goal line. So it was placed on the 1 and Klein plowed into the end zone for his 21st rushing TD of the season and No. 54 for his career. Klein was 0 for 4 in Kansas States scoreless second quarter while McCoy was going 17 for 20 in the first half for 204 yards. McCoys longest pass play went for 70 yards, but almost all of that was the running of Daje Johnson right after Adrian Phillips intercepted Kleins pass in the end zone and gave the Longhorns the ball on the 20. Klein had led an impressive drive from the Kansas State 1 to the Texas 17, converting three third-down plays. But on the first play after Phillips pick, Johnson caught McCoys swing pass and sprinted 70 yards before stepping out on the 10. Kansas States defence pushed the Longhorns back 10 yards in three plays and Nick Jordan kicked a 37-yard field goal. ' ' '