22, 2006
CBB
Butler-Tennessee
Press Notes
improved to 4-0 on the season with a 99-65 victory over
Sunday in
opponents into committing 26.8 turnovers. Each of
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
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.
23, 2006
CFB
Boston College-Miami Florida
Sun Sentinel
If
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
team’s lack of effort during Saturday’s 17-7 loss to
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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2006
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Texas
Houston
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
and did not return to the game. He did not practice last week preceding
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.
(9-2, 6-1) can clinch the Big 12 South and a rematch with
in the league’s championship game with a win against Texas A&M.
The A&M game will mark the final contest for
senior class. The group has a 43-6 record and needs two more wins to tie the
best four-year stretch of 45-6 set by last year’s UT seniors. Stevie Vincent’s BetOnSports360.com is pioneer in
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Star-Telegram
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.
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
25, 2006
Notre Dame-USC
LA Times
did not practice Monday because of a concussion suffered while making a
touchdown catch against
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
jumped back into the driver’s seat for the Big East championship and BCS berth Saturday when
upset
lost its past four games and has looked almost powerless on defense against its
past two opponents,
and
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UAB-Central Florida
Orlando
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
This weekend’s matchup could be on either end of the scoring spectrum. The Blazers
and Knights are 11th and 12th respectively in Conference
in scoring offense, but give up 24.2 and 29.4 points on defense.
Florida-Florida State
Orlando
Florida State QB Drew Weatherford, who completed only five
of 10 passes for 34 yards against
past weekend, will start on Saturday in the
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
team upset 19th-ranked and 5-0
The Gators did it again the following season. Unranked
beat 14th-ranked FSU 42-14 in
In 1982, the unranked Gators beat the 15th-ranked Seminoles 13-10 on
Jim Gainey’s 22-yard field goal with
yards and Neal Anderson had 103.
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
As important as Saturday’s victory over
then-No. 7
of
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
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sophomore linebacker Jerod Mayo is expected to miss
Saturday’s regular-season finale against
with what’s feared to be a fractured kneecap.