Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State all remain unanimous picks from our writers. Notre Dame is the favorite in the four spot ahead of the big showdown in South Bend next week while Cincinnati, Georgia and Texas A&M all make an appearance.
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Sabtu, 31 Oktober 2020
Takeaways: Time is right for Anderson Silva to retire; Bryce Mitchell is legit
ESPN's MMA experts discuss the future for the 45-year-old Silva and Mitchell.
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Mikaela Mayer wins first world title, plus a couple of TKO's
A dominating victory earned Mayer a world title on a Saturday packed with boxing.
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Takeaways: Time is right for Anderson Silva to retire; Bryce Mitchell is legit
ESPN's MMA experts discuss the future for the 45-year-old Silva and Mitchell.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Florida and Missouri Brawl at Halftime, Ejections Follow
Three players were ejected after Florida and Missouri got into a brawl as both teams headed to the locker room at halftime.
Punches were thrown and three players were ejected during a brawl between Florida and Missouri players as both teams made their way to the locker room for halftime of Saturday night's game.
Defensive lineman Zachary Carter and linebacker Antwuan Powell were ejected for Florida, while Missouri linebacker Tre Williams was also disqualified.
Florida quarterback Kyle Trask took a late hit from defensive lineman Drajan Jeffcoat on the last play of the half, which seemed to fuel the fight that followed.
After order was eventually restored and the two sides made it to their respective locker rooms, Florida coach Dan Mullen encouraged the home crowd on his way to the tunnel, eventually returning to the field for more pump-up material.
Florida will play rival No. 5 Georgia next weekend, making any possible suspensions forFlorida players involved in the brawl that much more important. Missouri has a bye next week, but will face Georgia at home on Nov. 14.
Three players ejected after Florida-Missouri brawl
A hit on Florida QB Kyle Trask sparked an all-out brawl between the Gators and Tigers on Saturday.
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Wilder rips Fury: Don't 'weasel out of' rematch
Deontay Wilder went off on Tyson Fury in a series of Twitter posts Saturday, saying, "It is time for you to be a man and honor your word" about a rematch clause in their contract.
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UFC fighters react to Anderson Silva's likely final fight in the Octagon
Fighters took to social media to show respect to the legendary Silva, who likely fought for the last time in the UFC.
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Ehlinger, Texas take down No. 6 OK State in OT
Sam Ehlinger threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Moore in overtime and Joseph Ossai sealed the victory by sacking Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders as Texas knocked off the previously unbeaten and sixth-ranked Cowboys 41-34 on Saturday.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Texas Upsets No. 6 Oklahoma State in OT for Longhorns' First Road Victory Over Top-10 Team Since 2010
The upset marks Oklahoma State's first loss of the season, and the Longhorns' first road win over a top-10 team since 2010..
With just 22 seconds left in overtime, Oklahoma State lined up on the 12 yard line, hoping to match Texas' touchdown and push it to double overtime.
That is until the offensive line collapsed.
Texas chased quarterback Spencer Sanders and sacked him close to the 25-yard-line, marking an end to the game.
The Longhorns stunned No. 6 Oklahoma State with a 41-34 victory, giving OKSU its first loss of the season and topping off a shocking night in Stillwater, OK.
Earlier that evening, Oklahoma State displayed yellow lines on its video board during Texas' field goal attempt in late in the second quarter. The Halloween trickery, if you will, didn't work.
Oklahoma State dominated early with a 14-7 lead in the first quarter and a narrow 24-20 edge heading into half. However, the team's offensive edge seemed to stall and only scored 10 points in the next two quarters.
The Longhorns scored 14 combined points, but it was Oklahoma State who made the field goal attempt that sent the game into overtime.
Oklahoma State ended the tight with 530 total yards (400 passing) compared to Texas' 287 yards (169 passing). Oklahoma also tallied more average yards per pass (10) compared to Texas (4.8), but tallied four turnovers while the Longhorns had none.
The upset victory marks Texas' first road win over a top 10 team since 2010.
NFL suspends former Pro Bowl kicker Rosas
The NFL suspended former Pro Bowl kicker Aldrick Rosas for four games as punishment for violating the league's code of conduct policy.
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Jumat, 30 Oktober 2020
Sources: NBA fears up to $1B loss with Jan. start
The NBA and NBPA are running short on time to agree on starting the season before Christmas, and the league fears a January start could cost it up to $1 billion in revenue losses next season and beyond, sources told ESPN.
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Giants' Barkley finally has surgery on torn ACL
Giants running back Saquon Barkley, who suffered a season-ending torn ACL on Sept. 20, finally had surgery on his knee Friday in Los Angeles.
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UFC Fight Night viewers guide: Goodbye (or not?) to the incomparable Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva, one of the greatest ever in MMA, might be fighting for the final time in the Octagon when he takes on Uriah Hall on Saturday.
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Kamis, 29 Oktober 2020
New on Sports Illustrated: Trevor Lawrence's Positive COVID-19 Test Throws Status for Notre Dame Showdown Into Doubt
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence's positive COVID-19 test throws his availability for next Saturday's showdown against No. 4 Notre Dame into doubt.
Trevor Lawrence had a hell of a summer.
He became the face of college football, if he wasn’t already. The Clemson quarterback
spoke out about racial injustice, even releasing his own plan for change. He led the #WeWantToPlay movement, as hundreds of college football players expressed their desires to play this fall. He and his fiancée also started a GoFundMe page to help with COVID-19 relief efforts.And on the football field, he was good too. He has led the No. 1-ranked Tigers to a 6-0 record, passed for 1,833 yards, thrown 17 touchdowns and completed 70% of his attempts. In fact, Lawrence had positioned himself as the top pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Things were going quite well.
And then he tested positive for COVID-19 nine days from Clemson’s showdown with No. 4 Notre Dame.
The news, broken Thursday night by NFL Network, reverberated through the college football world. Later on, Clemson confirmed the news that Lawrence would enter the mandatory 10 days of isolation and miss this weekend’s game against Boston College. However, the school’s release was missing a significant detail: his status for the game against the Irish on Nov. 7.
That’s because it’s complicated, so complex in fact that even high-ranking Clemson staff members contacted Thursday weren’t completely sure themselves.
What is known: Lawrence’s collection of the testing sample came during weekly testing Wednesday. He was the only positive result among players, sources told SI. The school is confident that contact tracing will not turn up new positives, referring to this as an “isolated positive.” High-risk contacts are mostly found in roommates. Lawrence lives alone (he does, however, have a fiancée, as previously mentioned).
Meanwhile, Clemson may be just fine this weekend. Lawrence’s replacement is the No. 1-ranked quarterback in the 2020 recruiting class. While he’s big and gifted, D.J. Uiagalelei is still a true freshman.
But let’s get back to that big, unanswered question: Will Lawrence be eligible to play against Notre Dame?
The answer is, indeed, complicated and it does include several hypotheticals, but Lawrence could very well be cleared and out of isolation in time to play the Irish, sources at Clemson told SI on Thursday night.
The 10-day isolation clock doesn’t actually start from the time of isolation. It begins in two ways, according to CDC guidelines: 1) on the date in which the positive test sample was collected (in Lawrence’s case, Wednesday morning, which could mean a Saturday morning return) or 2) the date in which symptoms began (which is estimated to be on or around Wednesday, or potentially before).
Lawrence passed a COVID-19 test on Sunday. So at some point between then and Wednesday morning’s test, he contracted the virus.
And so, here we are, wondering if college football’s best player will play in one of college football’s biggest games.
Welcome to 2020, where we’ve now had the sport’s best player and best coach (Nick Saban) test positive for the coronavirus. Saban’s test was ruled a false positive after he tested negative three times over three ensuing days.
Clemson retested Lawrence a second time to ensure the result. It was positive.
And now comes the waiting and guessing game. Would Lawrence play in Clemson’s biggest game after having practiced very little or not at all? Will his symptoms subside enough to allow him to exit isolation in time? And when did his symptoms actually start?
Conceivably, he could have contracted the virus as early as Sunday. If that’s the case, he could have experienced symptoms as soon as two days later, Tuesday.
“He may have had symptoms Monday or Tuesday,” says a source at the school. “We’ll have to wade through that.”
And it’s not like it’s any old game, right?
“It’s Notre Dame,” the source said. “It’s not like we have a bye week. It’s the game.”
Panthers' Curtis Samuel scores on flea-flicker for second TD vs. Falcons
The Panthers pulled out a trick play to score their second touchdown against the Falcons with a 29-yard score.
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White convinced Khabib will unretire, go for 30-0
UFC president Dana White told CBS Sports Radio on Thursday that he has been in touch with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov since the fighter announced his retirement from the sport, and he said he believes Nurmagomedov will fight again.
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Clemson's Lawrence tests positive, out vs. B.C.
Trevor Lawrence, the star Clemson quarterback and Heisman Trophy front-runner, has tested positive for COVID-19 and won't play Saturday against Boston College.
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White Sox's La Russa email uses wrong signature
The White Sox mistakenly sent an email welcoming Tony La Russa that included AJ Hinch's signature on a photo of La Russa, an error that was due to multiple variations of the graphic being prepared for various candidates, a source told ESPN.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Clemson's Trevor Lawrence Tests Positive for COVID-19
Lawrence is 31-1 as a starter, and coming into today, the quarterback was -175 to win the 2020 Heisman Trophy.
Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19, sources told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport.
As noted by Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde, Lawrence is expected to miss Saturday's contest against Boston College, unless something changes (a la Nick Saban). But Lawrence's status for Clemson's matchup against Notre Dame looms large. D.J. Uiagalelei is the backup quarterback.
The ACC operates under CDC guidelines, per SI's Ross Dellenger, so a player who tested positive must isolate 10 days from the time of their positive test. If Lawrence received his positive today, then his isolation is expected to end Nov. 8—the day after Clemson plays Notre Dame.
The news comes just over an hour after Dabo Swinney leaves the door open for Lawrence's future, saying he would be 'surprised' if the quarterback returned to Clemson for his senior year.
Lawrence has tallied 1,833 yards and 17 touchdowns in six games this season. He's 31-1 as a starter, and coming into today, the quarterback was -175 to win the 2020 Heisman Trophy.
New on Sports Illustrated: Nebraska Keeps Defying the Big Ten, Responding to Adversity With Petulance
The school has been much more of an antagonist than a Big Ten loyalist in 2020.
Nebraska is in its 10th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. It has played 78 league games since relocating from the Big 12 (losing 38 of them). And yet the school continues to act like it has no idea how to be a cohesive member.
Are the Cornhuskers slow learners, tone deaf, willfully belligerent or still clinging to an outdated sense of blueblood entitlement?
Maybe all of the above. Because here we are again, with another case of Why Nebraska and the Big Ten Can't Get Along.
They certainly didn’t read the Big Ten room very astutely this week, finding yet another way to tick off everyone but their Ohio State bromancers. After losing their upcoming game against
Wisconsin due to the Badgers’ COVID-19 issues, the Huskers once again responded to adversity with petulance. Then with an attempt to flout the league rules. Then with another statement when everyone said, once more, “What’s up with these people?”The petulance: Some fans said the Wisconsin game should be a forfeit instead of declared “no contest,” because (by the thinnest of technicalities), the Badgers could have tried to play. That likely would have changed by Thursday, when Wisconsin reported three more positive tests.
Then it got worse. Nebraska’s IMG radio affiliate, Husker Sports, tweeted a poll that idiotically suggested a conspiracy against the school. “If the roles were reversed and the Huskers had (six) players and (six) staff members sitting out with positive tests, would the game be played Saturday?” This, of course, follows the thinking that the Big Ten office stuck it to Nebraska by giving it a tough early schedule. The perpetual victimhood emanating from the program in 2020 is really something.
That poll eventually was deleted, but not until after it ran for a good long time.
Meanwhile, Nebraska’s administration negotiated a fill-in game against Chattanooga for Saturday. Only after setting up a deal to pay the FCS school a reported $200,000-250,000 for the game did the Huskers get around to asking the Big Ten if, ya know, anyone would mind changing the previously agreed upon 2020 rules against non-conference games.
That request was put before the league presidents and commissioners on a previously scheduled conference call Thursday. It was swatted back to Lincoln at warp speed, with no need for a formal vote. Nobody else was in favor of enabling the latest Nebraska power trip.
This led to another in a series of statements from the school attempting to justify a decision that left the rest of the league wondering what Nebraska’s deal is. It contained some gems.
Start with this sentence: “The discussions we had were with teams that had already implemented stricter testing protocols than those mandated by the Big Ten Conference.” A shot at the league’s testing? It would seem so.
Next: “(T)he young men in our program have worked hard to prepare for the football season and have made the necessary sacrifices in order to play in this unusual environment. With an already shortened season, we owed it to our student-athletes to explore any possible option to play a game this week.” Including paying up to a quarter million dollars for a glorified scrimmage, a little more than two months after furloughing 51 athletic department workers. Wonder how they feel about that outlay of cash while sitting at home not collecting a paycheck?
Also, are we to believe that Nebraska will try this hard for its other sports? Or is this a football-only imperative?
And there is this: “We believe the flexibility to play non-conference games could have been beneficial not only for Nebraska, but other Big Ten teams who may be in a similar position as the season progresses. The ability for all Big Ten members to play a non-conference game if needed could provide another data point for possible College Football Playoff and bowl consideration.” Ah, here Nebraska is trying to sell this as looking out for the best interests of the league.
Yes, because walloping an FCS punching bag is just the data point it would take to make the playoff. The teams that would be available (and willing) to schedule a game on the fly aren’t going to be the ones that help anyone do anything other than pad their win total. (There isn’t even a minimum win total necessary for bowl consideration this year, so scratch that talking point as well.)
Nebraska swaggering into this Chattanooga deal with any expectation that the conference would just roll over and say, “Whatever you want” is terribly misguided after doing nothing to engender goodwill. The school has been much more of an antagonist than a Big Ten loyalist in 2020.
It complained loudly when the season was postponed in August. It was the first school to openly say it would look for ways to play outside the league. And it rattled every available saber during the push to play, up to and including some of its players suing the Big Ten.
Then, after the conference changed course, Nebraska moaned about the schedule. This was the equivalent of a prisoner in solitary confinement begging for a glass of water, having it delivered, then saying, “Wait, where’s the ice?”
During the first game last Saturday, Scott Frost signaled a big F.U. to the conference office by often coaching with his mask around his neck. The optics of that shouted stubborn arrogance, while the rest of the league’s coaches made a good-faith effort to comply with the mask mandate. And let’s remember, this is a guy with a 9-16 record since joining the league—he ain’t exactly Kirk Ferentz when it comes to earned respect.
Look, it stinks that the Wisconsin game can’t be played. That’s a tough break that is not Nebraska’s fault. But in the most unfair year for everyone on the planet, you have to roll with the punches. Some perspective is necessary.
Within the college football world, Nebraska can find examples of how to be a good league member. Florida’s COVID travails threw a huge wrench into the Southeastern Conference schedule, and everyone dealt with it. The Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference have had several postponements to handle, and have done so without anyone going rogue.
That’s what league members do. They work with each other.
Plenty of people around the Big Ten would hold the door open for Nebraska to walk back out. But they aren’t going anywhere that could be as lucrative, and/or as good a geographic fit.
Back to the Big 12? That would require some humility Nebraska doesn’t seem to possess, walking back into the league it left in a huff a decade ago. The biggest rift there was a belief that Texas was insufferably overbearing and entitled. Now you start to wonder.
Maybe, Nebraska, if a school has a second conference relationship issue in ten years, it’s a You Problem.
New on Sports Illustrated: Dabo Swinney Would Be 'Surprised' if Trevor Lawrence Returned to Clemson
Clemson's Dabo Swinney said Thursday he'd be "surprised" if Trevor Lawrence returned for his senior season, but left some wiggle room in his response.
Clemson's Dabo Swinney weighed in on his quarterback's future on Thursday, saying he'd be "surprised" if Trevor Lawrence returned for his senior season. But like Lawrence did
earlier this week, Swinney left some wiggle room in his response.Lawrence said to reporters earlier this week that he is open to returning to Clemson for his senior season despite being the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
"My mindset has been that I'm going to move on," Lawrence said. "But who knows? There's a lot of things that could happen."
During an appearance on SiriusXM's ESPNU Radio with Mark Packer, Swinney was asked whether there was anything to read into those comments from Lawrence.
"I didn't read anything into it. Don't really care," Swinney said. "He's going to do whatever he needs to do. I'm going to save a scholarship for him just in case. I'm not real worried about it. He ain't worried about it, either. He's got one thing on his mind and that's leading the Tigers and having a great season this year.
"We'll certainly let him stay if that's what he wants to do. But I'd be surprised if he's back with the Tigers next year, but who knows? You never know. I didn't think Christian Wilkins was coming back, but he did."
Lawrence is arguably the most highly-touted quarterback since Andrew Luck, and Jets fans are already talking about the possibility of the Clemson star joining their team.
Former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum also chimed into the conversation.
“From the old Parcells is he built to last standard? I think this guy has a much better chance of having a sustainable career than the last three number one picks, for a number of reasons,” Tannenbaum said. “Especially when you look at [Baker] Mayfield and [Kyler] Murray. This guy is born to play the position. He looks the part from a physical standpoint. I think he can withstand the rigors of the NFL season right now.”
Over the last several seasons, Clemson has seen projected first-rounders come back for their senior seasons, such as Wilkins and Clelin Ferrell in 2018 and running back Travis Etienne this season. Lawrence making that same choice, however, would be a surprise for the program, as Swinney noted.
Lawrence has already tallied 1,833 yards and 17 touchdowns in just six games this season. He's 31-1 as a starter and frontrunner for the 2020 Heisman Trophy.
Sources: Hinch favorite to be Tigers' new manager
Former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch is widely regarded as the favorite to become the next manager of the Detroit Tigers, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.
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Rabu, 28 Oktober 2020
Ewers, No. 1 in class of '22, decommits from Texas
Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the No. 1 ranked prospect in the 2022 recruiting class, announced he has decommitted from Texas on Wednesday.
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Jones: Cowboys released Poe due to weight, play
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the team released defensive tackle Dontari Poe because he was overweight and not performing on the field, declining to say whether Poe's kneeling during the national anthem influenced the decision.
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Rams take baton: Must 'be great to be relevant'
After the Lakers won a 17th NBA title earlier this month and the Dodgers won the World Series for the first time since 1988 on Tuesday, the Rams are now receiving the message that they're on the hook to hit a trifecta for L.A.
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Biggest Week 8 injury questions for all 32 NFL teams
While Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey could return in Week 8, fellow RBs Aaron Jones, Chris Carson might not.
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Selasa, 27 Oktober 2020
Dodgers ride bullpen to first WS title since 1988
The Dodgers rode their bullpen to a 3-1 win over the Rays in Tuesday's Game 6, giving them their first World Series championship since 1988 and first in three tries over the past four years.
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Way-too-early 2021 MLB Power Rankings: What's next for Dodgers, Rays and all 30 teams
Sure, the 2020 season just ended. No, we haven't a clue how the offseason will play out. We're ranking all 30 MLB teams for next year anyway.
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Lights-out Snell pulled in 6th; Dodgers take lead
Rays lefty Blake Snell, who was cruising through five innings, was pulled with one out and one on in the sixth, and the Dodgers capitalized by taking the lead.
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Seriously, when will the Cowboys win again in 2020?
ESPN's Football Power Index has Dallas (2-5) on the outside looking in through nine more games.
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FA Eric Reid: Declined Washington practice squad
With the loss of Landon Collins, the Washington Football Team offered a practice squad spot to free-agent safety Eric Reid, he told The Associated Press. But he declined, saying the practice squad wasn't "reflective or indicative of my career."
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Ronaldo to miss Messi clash, out of Juve-Barca
Juventus failed to declare Ronaldo had tested negative for COVID-19 ahead of Wednesday's match.
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Senin, 26 Oktober 2020
Report: Backup for Badgers' Mertz also positive
Wisconsin might be down to its fourth-string quarterback after Chase Wolf tested positive for COVID-19, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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49ers lose Samuel, Wilson for multiple weeks
Just as the 49ers' offense was rounding into form, the team has lost wide receiver Deebo Samuel (hamstring strain) and running back Jeff Wilson Jr. (high ankle sprain) for multiple weeks due to injury.
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Retweet costs Kiffin $25K as SEC admits error
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was fined $25,000 on Monday for retweeting a post that called SEC officiating a disgrace, the same day the SEC acknowledged it should have stopped play to review a fourth-quarter kickoff during Saturday's Auburn-Ole Miss game.
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New on Sports Illustrated: SEC Fines Lane Kiffin Over Officiating Complaints
Kiffin and Ole Miss lost to Auburn 35-28 in Oxford on Saturday.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has fined Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin $25,000 for his
complaints about officiating on social media.The league announced the fine on Monday, but also said the replay official should have stopped play to review the call after Mississippi’s fourth-quarter kickoff appeared to have touched the right hand of Shaun Shivers. The Rebels recovered in the end zone but the on-field call was that Shivers didn’t touch it and play wasn’t halted for a review.
It’s unclear which social-media posts drew the fine but Kiffin did retweet one calling the officiating “a disgrace.”
Earlier Monday, Kiffin said he had spoken to SEC coordinator of officials John McDaid about the play. He said he was instructed not to publicly disclose the explanation given by McDaid.
“I asked the side judge, ‘Why aren’t they replaying it? Do I need to challenge?’” Kiffin said before the fine was announced. “He said, ‘They’ve already looked at it. There’s nothing there.’ I’m not allowed to say anything about the conversation but I really wish that our fans and players could hear what I was told.”
Auburn went on to win 35-28 on Bo Nix’s 42-yard touchdown pass to Seth Williams with 1:11 left.
Kiffin said he wanted “to take a five-minute power yoga class” to help him control his words to reporters after the call with McDaid.
“I really wish for our players, for our fans, that they could hear what I was just told,” he said. “I think they deserve to. But I asked. They made sure to tell me there’s a policy that I can’t tell you, the players or the fans what their, if you want to call it, explanation for that situation and how TV copy and everybody in the country can see it hit him.”
Public criticism of officials “is absolutely prohibited” under SEC bylaws.
Cowboys DC feels heat after hot sauce mishap
Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Nolan's rough season took another bad turn Monday when he had to halt a call with reporters because he accidentally rubbed hot sauce in his eye.
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Gase backs Darnold after QB's clunker vs. Bills
Adam Gase gave struggling QB Sam Darnold a pep talk and a vote of confidence after Sunday's loss.
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USMNT's Dest: I joined Barca to play the best
Sergino Dest says he made the jump from Ajax to Barcelona in order to play against the best in the world.
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Minggu, 25 Oktober 2020
Dodgers snap back vs. Rays, now a win away from winning World Series
With Clayton Kershaw on the mound, the Dodgers shrugged off a tough loss to near their first title since 1988.
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Bucs' Arians believes Antonio Brown has 'matured'
Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Sunday that he believes Antonio Brown has "matured," and that the decision to sign the embattled receiver didn't come at the urging of quarterback Tom Brady.
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So many questions still unanswered with the Masters coming soon
It's two weeks away. Patrick Cantlay is clearly ready. But Tiger and Phil? Who knows? Augusta National in November? We'll see. The Zozo Championship offered some insight, but there's still so much left unanswered.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Forde-Yard Dash: 2020 is Full of Plot Twists, Especially in College Football
In 2020, anything can happen, up to and including a quadruple doink of what could have been a game-winning field goal for a program that had to wait eight weeks longer than expected to play a game.
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (“Time and Score for Dummies” booklet sold separately in State College):
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There has never been a year in which daily outlooks and presumptions have changed more abruptly than this one. That goes for life in general, of course—eight months ago “zoom” was a verb and shaking hands was commonplace—but also in college football. Plot twists abound.
Take, for instance, the Big Ten conference, which already has had a couple months of wild mood swings. The league finally got its season off the ground over the weekend, and the results were everything that makes college football great: upsets, drama, excellence, controversy. Along the way, a new star was born in Madison on Friday night in the form of quarterback Graham Mertz (1), who merely had one of the best starting debuts ever.
The highest-rated QB recruit in school history completed 20 of 21 passes for 248 yards and five touchdowns with zero interceptions in a shredding of Illinois. It hearkened back to what had previously been the best redshirt freshman quarterback starting debut The Dash had seen: Jameis Winston (2) against Pittsburgh in 2013, when he completed 25 of 27 passes for 356 yards, with four touchdowns and no interceptions. Except Mertz was better from an efficiency standpoint, racking up a 273.01 rating to Winston’s 252.23.
That was Friday. On Sunday, we had a different Mertz headline. A very 2020 headline.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that Mertz had tested positive for COVID-19. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is required to confirm the first result, and it’s unclear when those results will be known. (Antigen testing has resulted in several false positive tests within the Big Ten, the Journal-Sentinel reported.) In a statement Sunday night, Wisconsin said it will "not be releasing COVID-related testing information regarding any individual student-athlete, due to medical privacy. We will continue to follow Big Ten Conference COVID-19 protocols developed by the Big Ten medical subcommittee and approved by the conference’s presidents and chancellors."
First sentiments first: let’s hope Mertz had a false positive, which hopefully will be known Monday. But if he is positive, let’s hope he is asymptomatic and healthy. Of secondary importance is the impact on Wisconsin and its season—but that could be immense. By Big Ten rules, Mertz would have to sit out of practice and games for 21 days if he’s positive. That would sideline him for games against Nebraska, Purdue and Michigan—33 percent of a nine-game season.
That would further impact the Badgers at a position where Mertz wasn’t even supposed to be the starter until earlier this month. Incumbent starter Jack Coan (3) was going to be the guy, but he had surgery on an injured foot and his return date is unclear but not expected to be soon. So if Mertz is out, Wisconsin could be looking at three weeks of Chase Wolf (4), who has completed one career pass for two yards and run the ball twice for 10 yards.
Additionally, Wisconsin might have to worry about both contact tracing sidelining players, plus the Big Ten’s relatively low positivity rate thresholds. If a team has a positivity rate of greater than five percent and the team population’s rate is greater than 7.5 percent, that team has to shut down for seven days. That would mean missing at least one game, in a league that has no open dates to reschedule missed games.
This is what the Big Ten signed up for, as did the rest of college football. Disruptions, lost games and lost star players have already been part of the landscape everywhere else. While the league played all of its opening week games, there was a missing head coach (Purdue’s Jeff Brohm had the virus) and plenty of missing impact players (Minnesota’s offensive line and special teams were ransacked, although there was no reason given for those players’ absence). It’s just part of the deal now.
But even with the potential for mayhem within the Big Ten in general and the possible QB breakdown for the Badgers in specific, things could always get stranger. You could be Rice (5).
There was considerable speculation in August that the Owls might not even play this season. But eventually they got practice up and running, and after canceling multiple games the debut was set for Oct. 24 — Rice would host Middle Tennessee.
The game happened, and it was an exciting one. But the Owls found what might be an unprecedented way to lose: the quadruple doink field goal (6). The video, if you haven’t seen it, should not be missed:
To reset: the game was in overtime after a Middle Tennessee field goal as time expired in regulation. But Middle then missed a long field goal attempt on its first possession of OT, which meant that all the Owls needed to do was make a kick of their own to walk off winners. But Rice played cautiously, with quarterback Mike Collins basically turtling for short losses on second and third downs and leaving a 45-yard kick for Collin Riccitelli.
The Stanford grad transfer struck the kick, which then did something that oblong objects are not supposed to be able to do when colliding with cylindrical objects. It bounced off the right upright, then the crossbar, then the left upright, then the crossbar again—somehow staying on that same vertical plane—before finally falling to the ground. No good.
That stunning result was followed by more kicking calamity on the second possession of overtime. Riccitelli’s 40-yard field goal—pushed back by a false start on the previous snap—was blocked. Middle Tennessee then scored on a 14-yard run to end the game.
Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stockstill told the Murfreesboro Daily Journal: ”I didn't tell anyone after the game but after it hit the right upright and then the left upright and then laid on the crossbar for a second before it fell forward, I said that we were destined to win this game."
To reiterate: in 2020, anything ridiculous can happen, up to and including a quadruple doink of what could have been a game-winning field goal for a program that had to wait eight weeks longer than expected to play a game.
FOUR FOR THE PLAYOFF
How does The Dash sees the College Football Playoff now that the Big Ten has entered the fray? Thusly (assuming, as always, that today is Selection Sunday):
Sugar Bowl: top seed Alabama (7) vs. fourth seed Notre Dame (8).
The Crimson Tide (5-0) was dealt a major blow when receiver Jaylen Waddle, the most exciting player in the college game, was likely lost for the season Saturday with a broken ankle. Yet despite that happening on the opening kickoff, Alabama still steamrolled Tennessee 48-17. This was the Tide’s best 60-minute defensive performance, allowing season lows in points and total yards (302). If any roster is built to absorb the loss of a transcendent talent and remain highly competitive, it’s Nick Saban’s. Next up for Alabama: Mississippi State in Tuscaloosa Saturday.
The Fighting Irish (5-0) had their best Saturday of the season, trampling Pittsburgh 45-3. Afterward, coach Brian Kelly went ahead and upped the ante on the season: “Just playing to win games is not good enough anymore. We need to elevate our compete level, we need to coach better, we need to play better, we need to play at an elite level.” In other words, the Irish want to play well enough to be a playoff team. The defense has been performing at that level all season; Saturday what had been a popgun passing game showed some increased payload. Next up for Notre Dame: at Georgia Tech Saturday.
Rose Bowl: second seed Clemson (9) vs. third seed Ohio State (10).
The Tigers (6-0) were at their worst for much of the game Saturday against woeful Syracuse, and still managed to win 47-21. They got another kick blocked (this time a punt to set up an Orange touchdown), and Trevor Lawrence served up his first career pick six. And for the period of time when Travis Etienne was out of the game injured, the Clemson offense was pedestrian. But dropping someone any further than from No. 1 to No. 2 for winning a conference game by 26 doesn’t seem logical. Next up for Clemson: Boston College Saturday.
The Buckeyes looked pretty much as advertised in their season debut, blowing out Nebraska 52-17. The Ohio State defense, which is not as good as last year’s unit, was on its heels early and gave up two touchdowns in the first quarter-and-a-half. They were fine after that. And, really, with the Buckeyes’ offensive capability, they don’t need to pitch shutouts. Justin Fields immediately moved himself into the vanguard of Heisman Trophy contenders with a 20-for-21 passing performance and 330 yards of total offense. Next up for Ohio State: at Penn State Saturday, in a showdown game that quickly lost some luster when the Nittany Lions lost to Indiana.
Also considered: Georgia, Wisconsin, BYU, Cincinnati, Michigan, Coastal Carolina.
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Seahawks' DK Metcalf runs down Cardinals' Budda Baker, prevents pick-six
Metcalf reached speeds greater than 22 MPH to track down Baker from behind, a play that would loom large after the Cardinals' offense failed to score.
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Cantlay rallies past Rahm, Thomas for Zozo title
Patrick Cantlay closed with a 7-under 65, rallying from four shots behind, to beat Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas Sunday in the Zozo Championship.
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Arsenal slips into bad, old habits in loss to Leicester
Arsenal have made great strides under Mikel Arteta, but Sunday's 1-0 defeat vs. Leicester was a flashback to all of the Gunners' worst qualities.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Wisconsin QB Graham Mertz Tests Positive for COVID-19
Mertz completed 20 of 21 passes for 248 yards and five touchdowns in Wisconsin's 45-7 victory over Illinois on Friday.
Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's
Jeff Potrykus.Mertz shined for the Badgers in Wisconsin's opening-night win over Illinois on Friday. The redshirt freshman completed 20 of 21 passes in the 45-7 victory, throwing for 248 yards and five touchdowns.
Wisconsin officials did not comment on Mertz's status. He could still play next week against Nebraska if he registers just one positive test, though a second test will force him to sit out at least 21 days, per Big Ten protocol.
Mertz was slated to be Wisconsin's backup quarterback as the Badgers prepared for their season opener. Starting quarterback Jack Coan underwent foot surgery on Oct. 7, but he hopes to return at some point in 2020.
Wisconsin currently sits No. 9 in the AP Poll. The Badgers will face Nebraska on Saturday, with kickoff slated for 3:30 p.m. ET.
Gurley 'mad as hell' as TD leads to Falcons loss
Falcons running back Todd Gurley lamented his late touchdown that gave the Lions enough time to drive down the field and rally to beat Atlanta on Sunday.
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Reports: Wisconsin's Mertz tests positive for virus
Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz, who had a record-setting first career start Friday, tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, according to multiple reports, and will take a PCR test to confirm the result.
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Highs and lows from Week 7: Burrow, Higgins forming something special
Impressive games from Joe Burrow and Tee Higgins and Davante Adams' career-best performance highlight the Week 7 fantasy football takeaways from Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft.
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WWE Hell in a Cell live results, recaps and analysis
Three Hell in a Cell title matches might dramatically shift the course of WWE ahead of Survivor Series.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Oregon Ducks Football Cancel Practice After Five Positive COVID-19 Tests
The Ducks are scheduled to open the 2020 season at home against Stanford on Nov. 7.
Oregon announced it did not scrimmage as scheduled on Saturday because of "five positive antigen tests within the program."
The Ducks said these were the first positives since daily testing began, and all who tested positive are asymptomatic, in isolation and being monitored by medical staff. Contact tracing is currently in process.
"I wish I had answers to some of the questions you might have; I don't," Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal said
during a previously scheduled conference call with media timed for after the scrimmage. "I just wanted to provide you with transparency, let you know exactly where we are today."The scrimmage was canceled; tomorrow we are testing the entire team again, which is normal policy anyway, and (conducting) follow-up PCR tests for the other guys that had tested positive as well. And then from there, we'll see what the next steps are."
The 2019 Pac-12 and Rose Bowl champs opened preseason camp on Oct. 9, and they are scheduled to open the season at home on Nov. 7 against Stanford.
UT players on field for 'Eyes of Texas' after win
Texas players stood on the field together for the playing of "The Eyes of Texas" after Saturday's win over Baylor, after weeks of controversy over the song's ties to racist elements in school history.
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Big names at the top -- and bottom -- of the Zozo Championship leaderboard
Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm will chasing the win. But Sunday will also see Tiger and Phil together ... though way, way, way off the lead.
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Indiana finds way to win in wild finish vs. PSU
Indiana scored its first win over a top-10 opponent in 33 years with a wild sequence that began with letting Penn State score and ended with a controversial two-point conversion in overtime.
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A dominant performance, a tearful goodbye and a legacy of greatness
Khabib Nurmagomedov ended his career on his own terms, fulfilling a promise to his mother.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Army Accepts Bid to Independence Bowl
The Black Knights are the first team in the country to gain a spot in a postseason bowl.
Army is the first team in the country to secure a spot in a postseason bowl.
Following the Black Knights' victory over Mercer, the school announced it accepted a bid to play in the Independence Bowl. Army is now 6-1 this season, and is slated to face a Pac-12 team in Shreveport, Louisiana during the postseason.
Under seventh-year head coach Jeff Monken, Army is 3-0 in bowl appearances.
"We want to thank the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Chairman Frank Auer and the entire bowl committee for this incredible opportunity to play in this outstanding bowl game," Director of Athletics Mike Buddie said
in a statement. "We are very excited to accept the first bowl invitation of the 2020-2021 season and to make our first trip to Shreveport since 1996."In 1996, the Black Knights fell to Auburn 32-29. However, they are currently off to their best start since that season, which featured nine consecutive victories.
The Pac-12 is scheduled to start its football season on Nov. 7, and the date of the Independence Bowl has yet to be announced. The last time Army faced a Pac-12 opponent was at Stanford in 2014, when the Black Knights lost 35-0.
There are three primary tie-ins between Army and the Independence Bowl over the next six years — 2020, 2022 and 2024.
New on Sports Illustrated: Lane Kiffin Criticizes SEC Officiating on Twitter After Controversial Call in Loss to Auburn
The Ole Miss head coach criticized SEC officials via Twitter over a controversial call following the 35-28 loss to Auburn.
Lane Kiffin took to Twitter following Ole Miss's loss to Auburn on Saturday night to criticize SEC officials over a controversial call that led to a Tiger touchdown.
The Rebels led 28-27 with 5:43 left in the game when a kickoff appeared to bounce off of Auburn running back Shaun Shivers's finger before going into the end zone. The head referee Marc Curles blew his whistle, calling a touchback.
Auburn ended up punting before regaining possession later, scoring on a 58-yard touchdown reception by Seth Williams with 1:11 left. The Rebels lost 35-38, falling 1-4 and losing their third straight game. Kiffin said that the play was briefly reviewed, but the game was not paused for a full review.
Kiffin later retweeted a clip from the game posted by an Ole Miss fan, which showed the ball hitting Shivers's finger.
Kiffin's comments could be subject to a fine, but it wouldn't be the first time. In 2019, he was fined $5,000 by Conference USA while coaching at Florida Atlantic for a tweet that portrayed the refs as blind.
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Jumat, 23 Oktober 2020
QB Mertz rewrites Badgers' record book in debut
Graham Mertz, a redshirt freshman made starter after Jack Coan was injured in practice, broke the Wisconsin program record for completion percentage in a 45-7 win over Illinois.
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Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman Gonzalez win their fights to set up long-awaited rematch
With impressive victories in their respective fights Friday night in Mexico, Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez could meet in a rematch early in 2021.
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Small-ball for the win! How Dodgers' surprise scoring backed Buehler in Game 3
L.A.'s relentless offense stole bases, bashed homers and scored on a squeeze to beat the Rays.
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Dodgers' Buehler pins 10 K's on Rays in MLB first
Walker Buehler became the first pitcher in World Series history to record double-digit strikeouts in six innings pitched, and the Dodgers overwhelmed Tampa Bay to pull within two of their first championship since 1988.
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Saban: Offense, not defense, now wins games
Even though he doesn't like it, Alabama football coach Nick Saban conceded Friday that a good defense no longer regularly beats a good offense in the college football ranks.
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Tony Finau's health and game are doing well after his recovery from COVID-19
Tony Finau feels better, and he is thankful for that. With his health and his game improving, he has his eyes set on the Masters.
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High-flying Leeds, Aston Villa suggest this Premier League title race could be the best one ever
With teams like Leeds, Aston Villa, and Everton storming back from their faded glory days, this could be most unpredictable Premier League race yet.
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Bucs adding Antonio Brown all about maximizing Tom Brady's window
Signing Brown is risky, but the person who can make it work is Brady, who lobbied to add the receiver.
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Riley ready to run it back with similar Heat team
Heat president Pat Riley enters the offseason with no intention of letting free agent Goran Dragic get away, and he wants to sign Bam Adebayo to an extension.
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Kamis, 22 Oktober 2020
Daniel Jones drops 39-yard TD to Golden Tate to put Giants on scoreboard
New York's quarterback throws for more than 30 air yards and into a tight window to get his veteran wide receiver his first TD of the season.
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Big Ten: Any COVID cancellations a 'no contest'
If the Big Ten is forced to cancel any football games due to COVID-19 testing positivity rates within a team, the game will be deemed a "no contest," the conference announced on Thursday.
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Free agency and trades: Latest buzz, news and reports
NBA trade season and free agency are nearly upon us. Keep it here for the latest news and updates all offseason long.
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Wilson: AB has taken right steps, 'been humbled'
Russell Wilson says Antonio Brown deserves another chance to play in the NFL.The Seattle Seahawks quarterback is still hoping it's with his team.
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Tiger Woods knew his game wasn't ready, then he proved it
He hinted that there was still plenty of work to be done before his Masters title defense in a few weeks. All an opening-round 76 at the Zozo Championship did was illustrate he was right all along.
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New on Sports Illustrated: 2020 Holiday Bowl Canceled Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The 2020 Holiday Bowl will not take place this December due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2020 Holiday Bowl will not take place this December due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic,
bowl game officials announced Thursday.“This absolutely kills me,” Mark Neville, the executive director of the Holiday Bowl, said, per the San Diego Union-Tribune. “It’s so hard, because this is what we do.
“We have such a passionate group, our board and our volunteers They do it because it’s such a great thing for the community and it’s college football and it’s fun.”
The Pac-12, which has had a conference tie-in to the game since 1997, said in a statement it "shares in the Holiday Bowl's disappointment that the current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of this year's game. The Holiday Bowl is a premier and historic post-season game love by fans across the country, and we look forward to the 2021 and future editions of the game."
The bowl game is the fourth bowl game this season that has been canceled this year, joining the Bahamas Bowl, the Hawaii Bowl and the RedBox Bowl.
On Sept. 24, the Pac-12 voted to reverse its decision and hold a shortened football season this fall, with games beginning on Nov. 7.
The NCAA waived its usual eligibility requirements for this season, meaning that any of the 127 FBS teams can play in a game.
The Big Ten, which has taken part in the Holiday Bowl ever year since 2014, begins its eight-week schedule this weekend.
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