Saturday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Demons top area ranked teams; Mayhem, Mercer men lose; CFB, NFL
Saturday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Around/About Central Georgia
In Coverage: Warner Robins leads Central Georgia teams in final football polls
Mercer men’s rally falls just short on the road
Mayhem fall in OT in home opener
Neither team scored until the third period, and then they scored twice. But Birmingham made the most of half the Mayhem’s shots on goal to score at 2:06 in overtime for a 3-2 win in Macon’s home opener.
Macon, which got goals from Logan Coomes and Gabe Guertler, hosts Knoxville on Sunday at 4 p.m.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Strong second half pulls Cavs over Hawks
Tampa Bay not looking past Falcons
Kirby’s thoughts on the 2020 team
Daniels had a nice four-game season
What might 2021 hold for Atlanta teams?
Sarkisian will have quite the Bama finale
College football
From vote of confidence to fired, Texas’ Herman, successor already hired
But the 31st coach at UT won’t leave his current gig just yet
Kiffin gets an extension before bowl win.
Leach’s boss not happy about brawl with Tulsa
Comeback players of the year are from Kentucky, Colorado, Coastal Carolina
Michigan wants Harbaugh for awhile
Gator Bowl: Kentucky 23, NC State 21
Outback Bowl: Mississippi 26, Indiana 20
Fiesta Bowl: No. 12 Iowa State 34, No. 25 Oregon 17
Orange Bowl: Texas A&M 41, North Carolina 27
NFL
Darren Waller: from addiction to the verge of a Raiders record
Metcalf nears a 35-year-old Seahawks record
Cowboys’ Moore not going to Boise State
College Basketball
Alabama outphysicals No. 7 Tennessee
Ejection to elation for Kentucky
South Carolina guts out win, to Martin’s surprise
Dunk in final second lifts No. 11 Creighton over Providence
Texas blows out Kansas in Lawrence, ties record margin
NBA
Harden sits, Rockets win anyway
Around the nation/world
Obit: Syracuse, Denver running back legend Floyd Little
Obit: NBA player and coach lifer Paul Westphal
Garcia wins in seventh round of WBC bout
Men’s college basketball scoreboard