ATHENS, Ga. — Aaron Murray threw a touchdown pass to Marlon Brown on the first play of the fourth quarter, Blair Walsh kicked four field goals and No. 13 Georgia beat Kentucky 19-10 today to clinch a spot in the SEC championship game. Georgia struggled on offense after losing top rusher Isaiah Crowell to a [...] - Full Story
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ATHENS, Ga. — Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes to surpass Matthew Stafford’s school record and No. 14 Georgia romped past No. 24 Auburn 45-7 Saturday, moving within one win of playing for the Southeastern Conference championship. The Bulldogs (8-2, 6-1 SEC) won their eighth in a row with a dominating performance in the Deep [...] - Full Story
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Aaron Murray threw two touchdown passes on fourth down, and No. 22 Georgia overcame several mistakes to beat Southeastern Conference rival Florida 24-20 today. The Bulldogs, at the very least, kept pace with South Carolina in the Eastern Division. It was Georgia’s fourth victory in the last 22 games against Florida [...] - Full Story
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COLUMBIA, S.C. ? South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has been dismissed from the Gamecocks. - Full Story
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Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino recruits in Texas as much as any coach in the Southeastern Conference. As the SEC’s westernmost member, the Razorbacks’ roster lists 22 players from the talent-rich, football-obsessed Lone Star state. Now that Texas A&M is joining the SEC, Petrino said he expects to do even better there. “We’ll have more [...] - Full Story
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ATHENS, Ga. — Aaron Murray threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter, Isaiah Crowell ran for 104 yards and Georgia took advantage of a strong start to beat Mississippi State 24-10 today. Georgia (3-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) led 21-3 at halftime before surviving a listless second half for its third straight win. Chris Relf [...] - Full Story
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida was essentially noncompetitive in its last two games against Alabama. There was the debacle in Atlanta in the 2009 Southeastern Conference title game, then the drubbing in Tuscaloosa last season. The Gators were outplayed, outcoached and outscored by a combined 44 points in those lopsided losses. Players surely want revenge, retribution, [...] - Full Story
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AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn Tigers are bracing for the kind of October that could spring some big surprises or leave them fighting for their postseason life. The Tigers (3-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) face a brutal stretch of four consecutive games against ranked SEC teams, including two top 10 powers. They visit No. 10 South [...] - Full Story
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EAST Tulane (2-2) at Army (1-3), Noon Sacred Heart (1-2) at CCSU (2-2), Noon Jacksonville (2-2) at Marist (1-3), Noon Robert Morris (0-3) at Monmouth (NJ) (2-1), Noon Air Force (2-1) at Navy (2-1), Noon Holy Cross (2-1) at New Hampshire (2-1), Noon Rutgers (2-1) at Syracuse (3-1), Noon Toledo (1-3) at Temple (3-1), Noon [...] - Full Story
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If someone survives the Southeastern Conference gauntlet unscathed there’s little doubt they’ll get a spot in the national championship — and a shot at winning the league’s sixth consecutive title. That’s a big if, especially without a clear-cut favorite in the SEC. There are plenty of contenders, including LSU, Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas and Florida. [...] - Full Story
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AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn has much bigger problems than the demise of a winning streak. Chief among them: A defense that misses too many tackles and often can’t make plays on third down or stop opposing offenses. The Tigers rank last in the Southeastern Conference in the double whammy of run and pass defense along [...] - Full Story
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BOISE, Idaho — Boise State coaches say three foreign-born players are being held out of the season opener against Georgia because the players are undergoing a review of their eligibility by the NCAA. The players include starting wide receiver Geraldo Boldewijn, starting safety Cedric Febis and backup defensive lineman Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe (TON-uh-joe). Athletic Department [...] - Full Story
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BOISE, Idaho — Boise State coach Chris Petersen says redemption is far from his mind for the fifth-ranked Broncos in today’s game against Georgia. But who could blame him if payback didn’t play even a small role in his motivation for the rematch with the 19th-ranked Bulldogs. Georgia thumped the Broncos 48-13 the last [...] - Full Story
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AUBURN, Ala. — Remember the Auburn Tigers? They’re the reigning national champions. Well, not THESE Auburn Tigers, exactly. These guys are ranked a decidedly modest 23rd, have as many as 19 new starters and a depth chart littered with players who watched the title run while in high school. And they’re not feeling especially loved. [...] - Full Story
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Even the mighty Southeastern Conference is working harder to coax fans out of their living rooms and into stadiums. Despite winning the last five national championships fans around the college football-crazed region are weighing the couch and flat-screen TV option vs. the in-person game experience, tailgating at a raucous stadium. Nearly [...] - Full Story
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Jarrett Lee won’t forget the 2008 season, when LSU fans mockingly inserted the words “pick six” between his first and last names. The Tigers’ newly promoted starting quarterback doesn’t sound bitter about it, though. “I don’t want to say I was set up to fail,” Lee said, reflecting on his interception-plagued [...] - Full Story
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Since the last football season, what was once known as the Pac-10 has added two teams, changed its name and landed a massive television contract, not to mention starting up its own network. The metamorphosis over, it’s time to hit the field again. And for all 12 teams, particularly newbies Colorado and Utah, there’s one [...] - Full Story
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MADISON, Miss. -- After a tap-in putt for a one-stroke victory at the Viking Classic, Chris Kirk picked up his ball, gave a nearly indiscernible fist pump and strode off the course like a man who's done it a hundred times. - Full Story
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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — K.J. Choi didn’t get much of a chance to savor his course record at Aronimink. At least he had a night to enjoy it. Former Georgia standout Chris Kirk barely got an hour. Choi’s 64 on Friday was matched or bested by seven other golfers a day later at the AT&T [...] - Full Story
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AMERICUS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Leonard Pope says he wants to help young people learn to swim through his foundation after a Georgia mother credited him with saving her son from drowning in a swimming pool. Pope was reunited with Anne Moore and her 6-year-old son Bryson at a small ceremony Sunday [...] - Full Story
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WIMBLEDON, England — The rematch of the longest match in tennis history certainly was a lot shorter. A year after needing 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three days to finish a match that ended 70-68 in the fifth set, John Isner required only about two hours and a mere three sets to beat Nicolas [...] - Full Story
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ATLANTA - Three months after a devastating on-field collision between University of Georgia outfielders Zach Cone and Johnathan Taylor left Taylor partially paralyzed, the two were side by side again on Saturday as draft picks of the Texas Rangers. - Full Story
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STILLWATER, Okla. — Coach Josh Gregory was jubilant at the notion of tiny Augusta State winning its second straight NCAA men’s golf title, yet tearfully sad because it also meant saying goodbye. Patrick Reed closed out the Jaguars’ repeat Sunday, beating Georgia’s Harris English 2 and 1 in the featured matchup between each team’s top [...] - Full Story
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Levi Hyams led off the game with a homer and Brett DeLoach hit a three-run shot in the fifth inning to help Georgia beat Arkansas-Little Rock 7-3 on Saturday in an elimination game in the NCAA Corvallis Regional. Georgia (32-31) advanced to a Sunday game against the Oregon State-Creighton loser Saturday night. [...] - Full Story
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HOOVER, Ala. — Nolan Fontana drove in the go-ahead run on a groundout in the top of the ninth inning to lift Florida into the Southeastern Conference tournament championship game with a 3-2 win over Georgia on Saturday. Fontana also hit a two-run homer in the third inning for the Gators (44-16), who will [...] - Full Story
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