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Advanced News and Notes in College

Wednesday, November
22, 2006

 

CBB

Butler-Tennessee

Press Notes

Tennessee
improved to 4-0 on the season with a 99-65 victory over Coppin State
Sunday in Knoxville. The Vols are averaging 86.8 points per game while forcing their
opponents into committing 26.8 turnovers. Each of Tennessee’s
opponents has turned the ball over at least 20 times, including 32 errors by UNC Wilmington. Entering the 2006-07 season, six of UT’s 11
scholarship players had never played in a Division I game before. UT is faced
with replacing more than half of its scoring (54 percent), rebounds (51.8) and
minutes played (51.3%) from the 2005-06 squad.  Approved sportsbooks are at www.linetrackers.com 
 

Gonzaga-North Carolina

Press Notes

Gonzaga University
has had remarkable success against the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Bulldogs
7-1 all time against ACC competition, including seven straight winners. The
Bulldogs are averaging 87.0 ppg through four games.

Thursday, November
23, 2006

 

CFB

Boston College-Miami Florida

Sun Sentinel

If Miami loses
Thursday to the Eagles (9-2, 5-2), its season will end at 5-7, which would be UM’s worst record since going 3-8 in 1977. A win would put
the Hurricanes at .500 for the year, and could help them earn a bid to the MPC Computers Bowl, which is played Dec. 31 in Boise,
Idaho
. Coker was noticeably troubled by his
team’s lack of effort during Saturday’s 17-7 loss to Virginia.
Quarterback Kirby Freeman said before Sunday’s practice Coker addressed his
team and asked players who were too emotionally drained to compete for a win to
sit out Thursday’s game. Freeman said players who were no longer fit to bring
the focus and effort needed to earn the Hurricanes a bowl bid were asked to, “Be
a man about it and step aside. … physically remove yourself.” Joe Duffy’s
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Friday, November 24,
2006

 

CFB

Texas A&M-Texas

Houston Chronicle

Record-setting freshman quarterback Colt McCoy and Rotary
Lombardi finalist Justin Blalock have been cleared to return to practice and
will start for the No. 11 Longhorns against rival Texas A&M
on Friday, coach Mack Brown said Monday. McCoy suffered a pinched nerve in his
neck and shoulder area on a quarterback sneak on the first possession of the
Longhorns’ 45-42 loss to Kansas State
and did not return to the game. He did not practice last week preceding Texas
open date.

Blalock, the Longhorns’ right guard, also has been cleared
to play after injuring his left knee against K-State. He has started 49
straight games at guard or tackle, tying the longest streak in school history. Texas
(9-2, 6-1) can clinch the Big 12 South and a rematch with Nebraska
in the league’s championship game with a win against Texas A&M.
The A&M game will mark the final contest for Texas
senior class. The group has a 43-6 record and needs two more wins to tie the
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Star-Telegram

Texas
defensive end Brian Robison took little solace Monday in being part of the
nation’s top-rated run defense. That’s because the Longhorns’ rise to the top
of the charts has been offset by a record-setting plummet in pass defense. Texas
heads into Friday’s showdown against Texas A&M
ranked 111th nationally in pass defense and already in possession of
one unwanted school record: most passing yards allowed in a season (2,739). Two
others will fall if the Longhorns maintain their current pace of allowing 249
yards per game, combined with an opponents’ completion mark of 58.3 percent.
The aerial onslaught has reached a point that Robison declined to rule out the
possibility A&M could become the sixth Big 12 opponent to throw for more
than 300 yards

Saturday, November
25, 2006

 

Notre Dame-USC

LA Times

Split end Dwayne Jarrett
did not practice Monday because of a concussion suffered while making a
touchdown catch against California,
but the All-American said he would play on Saturday against Notre Dame.

Oklahoma-Oklahoma State

News Oklahoma

A Monday scan
of Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson’s broken collarbone revealed reason to
keep him sidelined, ruling him out.

Louisville-Pittsburgh

Post Gazette

The Cardinals were sure to provide the Panthers with a
stiff test regardless of the circumstances, but they now have more incentive to
win than they did a week ago. That’s because Louisville
jumped back into the driver’s seat for the Big East championship and BCS berth Saturday when Cincinnati
upset Rutgers, 30-11. Pitt raced to a 6-1 start but has
lost its past four games and has looked almost powerless on defense against its
past two opponents, Connecticut
and West Virginia. Joe Duffy’s
sports betting selections are at www.GodsTips.com   

UAB-Central Florida

Orlando Sentinel

UAB’s season has in a lot of
ways mirrored UCF’s and both teams have identical
overall and conference mark’s at 3-8 and 2-5. The Blazers lost for the seventh
straight time to Southern Mississippi Saturday, 25-20.
This weekend’s matchup could be on either end of the scoring spectrum. The Blazers
and Knights are 11th and 12th respectively in Conference USA
in scoring offense, but give up 24.2 and 29.4 points on defense.

Florida-Florida State

Orlando Sentinel

Florida State QB Drew Weatherford, who completed only five
of 10 passes for 34 yards against Western Michigan this
past weekend, will start on Saturday in the Florida
game. Xavier Lee, who was 9-of-13 for 144 yards and two touchdowns in relief,
will come off the sideline again because that is when he plays best, Bobby
Bowden said Monday.

Times-Union

The Seminoles (6-5) can certainly play the spoiler against
the Gators (10-1), ruining their slim national championship hopes by winning in
Doak Campbell Stadium. “It makes them a dangerous
team,” UF linebacker Brandon Siler said.

It’s a situation that has happened many times in the
series between the schools. UF and FSU have each
spoiled the other’s season with upset victories, dating to 1971, when a 0-5 Florida
team upset 19th-ranked and 5-0 Florida
State
17-15 in Gainesville.
The Gators did it again the following season. Unranked Florida
beat 14th-ranked FSU 42-14 in Tallahassee.
In 1982, the unranked Gators beat the 15th-ranked Seminoles 13-10 on
Jim Gainey’s 22-yard field goal with 3:23 to play. Lorenzo Hampton rushed for 138
yards and Neal Anderson had 103. Florida’s
defense powered the fifth-ranked Gators to a 14-9 victory at Florida Field in
1991, giving them the first 10-win season in school history. The third-ranked
Seminoles failed to score on three trips inside UF’s
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Cincinnati-Connecticut

Cincinnati Post

As important as Saturday’s victory over
then-No.
7 Rutgers was for the University
of Cincinnati
football team, this week’s game against Connecticut
could be just as crucial to the Bearcats’ bowl hopes. Currently the Bearcats
(6-5, 3-3 Big East) are one of 69 bowl-eligible teams competing for 64 bowl
slots. There are 11 other teams still alive to become bowl eligible. Dantonio said Dustin Grutza will
practice this week. Grutza didn’t practice last week
because of several injuries, but chiefly an injury to his shoulder. Stevie
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Kentucky-Tennessee

Tennessean

Tennessee
sophomore linebacker Jerod Mayo is expected to miss
Saturday’s regular-season finale against Kentucky
with what’s feared to be a fractured kneecap.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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21, 2006

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92-88 season-opening loss to North Carolina
State
. The Terriers average 85
points per game, led by guard Shane Nichols, who averages 18.5 points per game
and shoots 53.3 percent from 3-point range.

The Bearcats started the season with three players listed
at 6 feet 10. Two will not be able to play for UC and
the other is still in NCAA limbo. Sophomore Abdul Herrera, who sat out last season
with eligibility issues, left the team two weeks ago. Hall is ineligible and
Adam Hrycaniuk is still awaiting a ruling on his
eligibility.

 


Tuesday News and Notes

Tuesday, November
21, 2006

 

CFB

Bowling Green-Toledo

Toledo Blade

Both teams will bring 4-7 overall marks into Tuesday night’s
game at the Glass Bowl.

CBB

Mississippi State-Clemson

Press Notes

Clemson has jumped out to a 5-0 start for just the third
time in the last 10 years. Clemson starting forward Sam Perry missed the second
half against Appalachian State with a mild concussion, but he is expected to
return for the Mississippi State
game on Tuesday evening. Mississippi State
enters Tuesday’s game with a 2-1 record. All three of the contests have been at
home, victories over Nicholls and Loyola Marymount,
and a 74-63 loss to Winthrop. Mississippi
State
won 15 games last year, but
had won at least 20 games in each of the four previous years. Joe Duffy’s sports
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Vanderbilt-Wake Forest

Press Notes

Wake Forest, 3-0, is coming off a 73-48 victory over
visiting Elon Friday night The Deacons, one of
college basketball’s youngest teams, have typically started two freshmen, two
sophomores and a senior. Vanderbilt, 0-1, continues its difficult
season-opening schedule Tuesday. The Commodores opened the season with an 86-70
loss to visiting Georgetown
Wednesday night. Vanderbilt went 17-13 last season and advanced to the
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Kansas State-New Mexico

Press Notes

After three games in five days to open the season, New
Mexico
gets to catch its breath before the next game
Tuesday against Kansas State.
New Mexico is 3-0 after big wins
over Abilene Christian, Sacramento State
and Colorado. The Lobos’ last 4-0
start was in 2004-05. UNM’s victory margin is 38
points following a resounding 106-65 triumph over Colorado.
New Mexico is 36-3 at home since
the 2004-05 season. It’s early, but Tuesday’s game certainly looks like a
conflict of styles. New Mexico is
among the nation’s leaders in scoring (96.3 ppg), scoring margin (+38.0), FG percentage (54.2%), 3-pointers (12.0 pg) and 3-point FG% (41.9%). Kansas
State
is allowing just 50.5 points
and 30% accuracy from the floor, 27% from 3-point. Not
surprising,
New Mexico has averaged 66.3 FG attempts
through the first three games compared to 50.5 in 30 games last year.

 


Monday News and Notes

Monday, November 20,
2006

CBB

Boise-Colorado State

Press Notes

Colorado State
will be searching for its 19th-straight home win over non-conference
opponents when they host Boise State.
The Rams (2-2) claimed a 74-56 victory over Montana State Northern Saturday. Boise
State
enters Monday’s game with a
1-1 record after a 77-68 win over Southern Utah on
Saturday night. Colorado State
holds a 24-9 regular season record in the month of November. CSU was a perfect
5-0 in the 11th month last season. Joe Duffy’s sports betting
selections are at www.GodsTips.com   

Texas Tech-Marquette

Press Notes

Bobby Knight has guided the Red Raiders to a 4-0 record
this season, including wins over Gardner-Webb and Arkansas-Little Rock in the
Lubbock Regional of the tournament. The Golden Eagles (4-0) boast one of the
best backcourts in the country in Dominic James and Jerel
McNeal and have outscored opponents by an average of 22 points. Stevie
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San Francisco-Ohio State

Press Notes

USF is 2-1 after suffering its
first loss of the season to 4-0 Fresno
State
Friday night at Memorial
Gymnasium. Monday’s opponent Ohio State
has won all four of its previous contests with an average margin of victory of
25.3 points. The closest game they have had was an 87-75 win over Loyola of
Chicago while their biggest win was a 37 points win over VMI
(107-69). The Buckeyes are shooting 56.1 percent as a team to 38.2% for its
opponents. Ohio State
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San Diego-Loyola

Press Notes

Loyola is 10-2 at home versus non-conference opponents.
The Ramblers have won eight straight home games versus non-Horizon League foes
and are 16-3 in their last 19 contests at the Gentile
Center
. Loyola went 13-3 at the Gentile
Center
a year ago to set a record
for most home wins in a single campaign since the building opened for the
1996-97 season. For the first time since 1980-81, Loyola has been picked to win
the Horizon League title in the annual preseason poll of the League’s coaches,
sports information directors and media. In addition, the Ramblers were also
picked as Horizon League favorites by Athlon, Street &
Smith and Lindy’s. Loyola is coming off of a 19-win season, its best showing
since going 27-6 and advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 1984-85. Through
its first four contests, Loyola is knocking down shots at a .505 (108 for 214)
clip from the field. In their three victories, the Ramblers have connected on
.533 (81 for 152) of their attempts from the field but hit only .435 (27 for
62) in a loss to No. 7 Ohio State. A year ago, Loyola led the Horizon League
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NFL

Giants-Jaguars

Journal News

The Jacksonville Jaguars have been one of the league’s
most up-and-down teams. They own the league’s fourth-best overall defense, and
the fifth-best passing defense. And yet, they suffered high-scoring losses to
Washington, 36-30 in overtime, and Houston, 27-7. On the other hand, the
Jaguars (5-4) proved in a 41-0 win over the Jets that they can score points in
bulk. The Giants (6-3), with an offense that has averaged 23.8 points per game
– ninth best in the league – could find themselves in a shootout. The Giants
could go into the game missing six starters, with possibly linebacker Carlos Emmons
(groin) and running back Tiki Barber (thumb) working
at reduced capacity.




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Sunday NFL Notes

Sunday, November 19,
2006

 

Redskins-Buccaneers

Washington Post

Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss will miss
tomorrow’s game at Tampa Bay
with a left hamstring injury that kept him out of practice this week. Moss
suffered the injury Oct. 22 at Indianapolis,
and even though the Redskins had a bye week following that game, Moss did not
play in the Redskins’ 22-19 victory over Dallas
on Nov. 5. In Sunday’s 27-3 loss at Philadelphia,
Moss clearly was not himself, catching three balls for 17 yards. Moss is the
Redskins’ leading receiver this season, with 31 catches for 452 yards and three
touchdowns. All three of his touchdowns came in the same game, a 36-30 overtime
win over Jacksonville. His
frustration regarding the injury is mounting, especially because quarterback
Jason Campbell will make his debut tomorrow without the team’s best wide
receiver and best running back, Clinton Portis, who
was placed on injured reserve earlier in the week. Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs
said there was a “slim hope” that Moss would play and that it would be a
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Patriots-Packers

JS Online

Quarterback Brett
Favre
might be at less than full strength Sunday when the Green Bay
Packers meet the New England Patriots at Lambeau Field. Coach Mike McCarthy disclosed that Favre had
suffered a groin injury Thursday during practice, an injury that the coach said
“really bothered” Favre as he took some but not all of the repetitions with the
No. 1 offense Friday. Favre had been listed as probable on the injury report with
an ankle injury. The Packers now list him as probable with ankle and groin
injuries. McCarthy was asked if he was at all worried about Favre and his
ability to move Sunday. “No,” he replied. “I’ve talked to him at length today.
He doesn’t think it’s a big deal.” It isn’t certain if wide receiver Greg Jennings (ankle) will start but
McCarthy said he expected the rookie to play more than Ruvell Martin.Tight
end David Martin (shoulder,
thigh) and cornerback Will Blackmon (rib)
returned to practice Friday. Martin will play. Blackmon remained doubtful.Defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins (ankle) was downgraded from probable to
questionable after taking Friday off. Running back Vernand Morency (back) will play and probably
return kickoffs. Fullback Brandon Miree (elbow) practiced Friday, struggled and isn’t
expected to play. For the Patriots, the only players definitely out are
starting safeties Rodney Harrison (shoulder)
and Eugene Wilson (hamstring).
Game-time decisions probably will determine the availability of guard Stephen Neal (shoulder) and cornerback
Asante Samuel (knee). Neal has missed the
last three games but appears close to playing. Samuel finished the last game
but didn’t practice all week. If Samuel cannot play, the Patriots probably
would move safety Chad Scott back
to cornerback and start James Sanders at
strong safety. Sanders, a fourth-round draft choice in 2005,
has
played sparingly from scrimmage and, when he has played, has been
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Boston Globe

The Patriots should be closer to full strength when they
take on the Packers tomorrow – defensive end Ty
Warren is expected to play. Warren
missed the first game of his career last week against the Jets with what was
listed as a bad shoulder. While Warren
has been seen with both shoulders wrapped in recent weeks, sources say he
missed the Jets game because of a strained right calf. The team feared he might
tear it if he attempted to play. His importance to the defense was never more
apparent than last week, when the Jets ran for over 100 yards and the Patriots
were forced to shuffle their defensive line, moving Richard Seymour from his
comfortable right end spot to Warren’s
left. Jarvis Green, a right-side player, took Seymour’s
spot. Warren, a fourth-year player out of Texas A&M,
is in the midst of his best season. He recorded 43 tackles, two sacks and a
safety in his first eight games, and remains on course to set career highs in
every defensive category. If he plays the second half like he did the first,
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Colts-Cowboys

New York Times

The defense has been decimated by injuries. The run
defense, which was ranked in the middle of the N.F.L.
at the end of last season, is the lowest ranked in the league, allowing more
than 5 yards a rush. The defense is yielding 49 more rushing yards a game than
last season. There is a rookie running back, Joseph Addai,
replacing the departed Edgerrin James. The offense has been limited in its use
of three-receiver plays because of an injury to receiver Brandon Stokely. The Colts have already needed fourth-quarter
comebacks in three games to remain unbeaten, and their average margin of
victory is 6.6 points — nearly 10 points less than their margin of victory
during their 13-0 start last season. Only two victories this season have come
by double digits; 9 of the first 13 last year were by double digits. And the
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Falcons-Ravens

Atlanta Journal Constitution

In a game that
could end a losing streak or leave them with a .500 record, the Falcons could,
at times, field a defensive line Sunday at Baltimore with two undrafted rookies
and two second-year players . Atlanta has lost both starting defensive ends
(John Abraham and Patrick Kerney), two defensive backs (Jason Webster and Kevin
Mathis) and having to replace both offensive guards (Kynan Forney and Matt
Lehr) as the Falcons have. The Falcons (5-4) are left having to count on three
players who never started an NFL game until this season and 11 undrafted
players to rescue a season that, once again, started well but has leveled off
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Steelers-Browns

Post Gazette

Steelers Troy Polamalu went
through an entire practice for the first time this week without difficulty and,
barring some type of setback, should play Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. “He’s
gotten better each day,” coach Bill Cowher said of his two-time Pro Bowl safety. Also, center Jeff Hartings
(knee/questionable), who has missed the past two games, practiced for the
second day in a row and likely will play in Cleveland.

Raiders-Chiefs

San Francisco
Chronicle

Raiders coach Art Shell isn’t saying, but all indicators
point to Aaron Brooks taking over as the starting quarterback Sunday against
the Kansas City Chiefs. Brooks took the majority of first-team snaps at
practice Friday, according to a person who watched practice. Shell said he won’t
announce his starter until game day. Brooks, signed in
the offseason and named the starter in training camp, has been out with a
strained pectoral muscle near his right throwing shoulder since the first
quarter of Week 2’s game at Baltimore.
He ran the scout team offense last week, then declared himself
fit to play this week as he shared first-team snaps with Andrew Walter. Friday,
the team’s final practice before boarding a plane for Kansas
City
, was the first time he got most of the work with
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a third-round draft pick last year, is 2-5 as a starter with the NFL’s
worst-rated total offense and passing offense. He threw nine interceptions
versus three touchdowns for the league’s lowest quarterback rating. Chiefs
coach Herm Edwards, who named Trent Green his starter this week, thought Brooks
would start all along, and prepared for as much.

Rams-Panthers

St. Louis Today

The Carolina Panthers seemed poised for greatness this
season, topping many a preseason list as the team most likely to represent the
NFC in Super Bowl XLI. Yet they prepare to face the Rams with a record of 5-4,
one of eight teams in the conference within a game of .500. The Panthers
entered the opener without wide receiver Steve Smith, who led the NFL last year
in receiving yards and tied for the lead in receptions and receiving TDs but suffered a hamstring injury in camp. Before the end
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Center Justin Hartwig has played in just one game since then and was
listed as out for Sunday. Left tackle Travelle
Wharton was placed on the injured-reserve list. The losses have been felt most
keenly in Carolina’s running game.
The Panthers hoped that DeShaun Foster and rookie
DeAngelo Williams would form a 1-2 punch to soften defenses for the passing
game. Instead, Carolina is ranked
28th in rushing yardage. Foster has gained 588 yards, 19th
in the NFL. Williams has just 158 yards but has missed almost four games
because of an ankle injury. Perhaps more devastating was the concussion
suffered in the opener by middle linebacker Dan Morgan. He was inactive for the
next four games, then was placed on injured reserve.
The defense ranks in the middle of the pack in rushing, passing and total yards
allowed, though defensive end Julius Peppers has stood out. Peppers
leads
the league with 11 sacks and was named defensive player of the
month for October. The Panthers lost their first two games but reeled off four
consecutive victories with Smith’s return.

Bengals-Saints

Cincinnati Enquirer

Starting right guard Bobbie Williams had an emergency
appendectomy Wednesday afternoon and is out for the game Sunday at New Orleans.Since signing as a free agent before the 2004
season, Williams has started 42 consecutive games. Playing alongside tackle
Willie Anderson, Williams is a key part in the Bengals’ power run game. The Bengals
played the past four games with the same starting line after juggling the
quintet the first five games because of injuries to starting left tackle Levi
Jones and starting center Rich Braham. Backup Eric Ghiaciuc
has started six games at center, and rookie backup Andrew Whitworth four at
left tackle and two at left guard.

 

Monday, November 19,
2006

Giants-Jaguars

New York Times

Using the same 11 starters from last season, the unit
glided through the early stages of this season. It featured an array of star
players swirling around the nucleus of an underrated offensive line, usually
moving downfield. Now, in the second half of the season, there is concern. Left
tackle Luke Petitgout and wide receiver Amani Toomer are on injured
reserve. The Giants’ offense has become less a model of cool efficiency and
more a contraption of fits and starts. The Giants (6-3) averaged 27.2 points in
their first six games, but 17 in their past three. Now they are headed south to
play the Jacksonville Jaguars (5-4) on Monday night. The Jaguars have allowed
14.1 points a game, third lowest in the N.F.L.