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SEC honors Mettenberger, Purifoy, Morgan
LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger, Florida defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy and Georgia placekicker Marshall Morgan are the Southeastern Conference players of the week. The SEC named its weekly winners on Monday. Mettenberger completed 25 of 29 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns in the 10th-ranked Tigers' win over Mississippi State. ...
Georgia's Marshall, Scott-Wesley out for season
Georgia running back Keith Marshall and wide receiver Justin Scott-Wesley will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligaments in their right knees during a 34-31 overtime victory at Tennessee. Bulldogs coach Mark Richt confirmed the severity of their injuries at a Sunday afternoon teleconference. "It's ...
No. 1 Bama leads unchanged top 5 in AP poll
For the fourth straight week, the top five teams in The Associated Press college football poll are unchanged, led by No. 1 Alabama. The top-ranked Crimson Tide received 55 of 60 first-place votes after an easy victory and No. 2 Oregon received the other five after its latest blowout. Clemson ...
No. 13 South Carolina wins 35-28 minus Clowney
Steve Spurrier promised this week to be more positive about No. 13 South Carolina. It was hard, though, to hide his displeasure about Jadeveon Clowney's absence. Clowney came to the coaches before the game and said that bruised ribs that kept him from practice Thursday were too sore for him ...
Vols lose 34-31 nail-biter in OT to No. 6 Georgia
Tennessee coach Butch Jones believes his team showed Saturday just how close it is to getting back to where it wants to be. But it was tough for any of the Volunteers to think about a brighter future as they looked back on the golden opportunity that had just slipped ...
No. 6 Georgia rallies past Tennessee 34-31 in OT
Georgia's national title hopes kept shrinking as its injury list kept growing. Then Aaron Murray and Marshall Morgan came to the rescue and saved the sixth-ranked Bulldogs' championship aspirations. Morgan kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime after Murray threw a game-tying touchdown pass with 5 seconds remaining in regulation ...
No. 6 Georgia's Marshall injures right knee
Georgia now is dealing with injuries to both its star running backs. Keith Marshall injured his right knee in the first quarter of the sixth-ranked Bulldogs' 34-31 overtime victory at Tennessee on Saturday after getting hit by cornerback Cam Sutton while reaching for an incomplete pass. Marshall was carted into ...
GSU avoids shutout in 45-3 loss to No. 1 Bama
Georgia State took a start-from-scratch mentality into the second half. Down 38-0 at halftime, the Panthers held their own the rest of the way in a 45-3 loss to No. 1 Alabama on Saturday. The first-year Football Bowl Subdivision team also didn't let the Tide (5-0) pitch a second straight ...
Georgia's Murray sets SEC record for yards passing
Georgia's Aaron Murray is the new Southeastern Conference record holder for career yards passing. Murray's 24-yard completion to Chris Conley on a fourth-and-4 play from the Tennessee 39-yard line in in the second quarter Saturday gave him 11,538 career yards passing. Murray capped the drive with a 4-yard touchdown pass ...
No. 1 Alabama rolls past Georgia State, 45-3
The ball seldom hit the ground, regardless of which Alabama quarterback was throwing the passes. The top-ranked Crimson Tide's defense also held its third straight opponent out of the end zone. AJ McCarron completed 15 of 16 passes for 166 yards and four touchdowns in the first half and Alabama ...
No. 6 Georgia wants to avoid letdown at Tennessee
Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray likely will become the Southeastern Conference's all-time leader in career yards passing Saturday at Tennessee. Tennessee will try to make sure he remembers this game for an entirely different reason. Now that the sixth-ranked Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0 SEC) have survived a brutal September schedule with their ...
Bama aiming for improvement against Georgia State
It's all about Alabama. That's the message top-ranked Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban typically imparts before games almost everyone outside the football offices will have trouble taking seriously, and this one is no different. Saban's priority remains on improving with winless Georgia State visiting on Saturday. "We respect our opponent ...
Georgia State-Alabama Preview Capsule
Georgia State (0-4) at No. 1 Alabama (4-0), 12:21 p.m. (SEC TV) Line: Alabama by 55 1/2. Series record: Alabama leads 1-0. WHAT'S AT STAKE Alabama should get ample opportunities to play some backups before facing five consecutive Southeastern Conference opponents. Georgia State has never defeated a No. 1 team ...
Vols' Jancek, Martinez downplay matchup with Richt
After spending several years working alongside Mark Richt at Georgia, Tennessee defensive coordinator John Jancek and secondary coach Willie Martinez now are trying to beat their former boss. Jancek and Martinez downplay the notion that their personal connections to Georgia give them added incentive Saturday against the sixth-ranked Bulldogs. Jancek ...
Mississippi football players disrupt campus play
A University of Mississippi professor says that a group of Ole Miss students, including football players, disrupted a production of a campus play with "hate speech" on Tuesday night. Michael Barnett, the assistant theatre chair, said that several students in the play told him that audience members were disruptive and ...
Georgia-Tennessee Preview Capsule
No. 6 Georgia (3-1, 2-0 SEC) at Tennessee (3-2, 0-1), 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Line: Georgia by 10 ½ Series Record: Tennessee leads 21-19-2 WHAT'S AT STAKE Georgia has made it through a brutal September schedule with a 3-1 record and a No. 6 ranking, but a second loss would likely ...
Report: Alabama coach gave money to player
Alabama has placed an assistant strength and conditioning coach on administrative leave for lending money to suspended defensive back Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, The Tuscaloosa News reported Thursday. Clinton-Dix was suspended indefinitely by the coach Nick Saban on Wednesday for violating unspecified team rules, but no other details were released. The ...
Bama's Mosley thriving as vocal leader, full-timer
Trey DePriest has been lining up alongside C.J. Mosley for the past two seasons, but he'd never seen him quite like this. Alabama's normally mild-mannered All-America linebacker was fired up after a Mississippi lineman pushed him 5 yards downfield and onto his back at the end of a play near ...
Rejuvenated Arkansas looks to upset No. 18 Florida
Here are five things to watch in the Southeastern Conference during Week 6 of games: GAME OF THE WEEK: Arkansas at No. 18 Florida. The rejuvenated Razorbacks put a scare into Texas A&M before eventually falling 45-33 last weekend. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema has made a commitment to running the ...
Alabama suspends Clinton-Dix indefinitely
Alabama coach Nick Saban has suspended star safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix indefinitely for violating unspecified team rules. Saban announced the suspension of one of the top-ranked Crimson Tide's top defensive players after Wednesday's practice. Saban wouldn't say what Clinton-Dix did wrong. "I want to be consistent," he said. "When guys ...
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