Thursday's News 'n Notes: Predictions, scouting reports; UGA/ Tech, Falcons; college FB/BKB, NFL
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Friday’s Scouting Reports; The Sports Report predictions, Maxwell Ratings/ GHSF Daily pix
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Around/About Georgia
Smart not about building through the portal
Big back to back weekends in Atlanta for Georgia
A look at the Tech and Georgia secondaries
Seymour, Ward semifinalists for Pro FB HOF Class of 22
Column: Falcons not good, but good enough for playoff hunt
Column: Adversity will test Falcons resolve and character
College Football/South
SEC teams close with rivalry battles
What a bowl means for the Beamer bank account
Who Florida should and shouldn’t consider
Tennessee’s defense all over the map
ACC parity equals no playoff appearance
Heupel put no ceiling on what Tennessee could do
College Football
Is Bedlam done after Oklahoma leaves?
Column: Kelly shouldn’t keep his job for beating a bad USC team
And speaking of Pac-12 openings to come …
Column: Patterson couldn’t build TCU now the way he built TCU
College Basketball
MBKB: Auburn tops Loyola Chicago
MBKB: Iona surprises No. 10 Alabama
MBKB: No. 7 Stanford staves off No. 4 Indiana
MBKB: Late rally pulls Michigan State past No. 22 UConn
NFL
Lions lose another one on the final play
Raiders edge Cowboys in flag-filled OT game
Sideline spat=two ejections, bloodied ref
Protégé Staley faces mentor Fangio
Players help with funeral, medical expenses of Wisconsin parade victims
Tennessee has plenty to work on
Three quarters of a billion for settlement for Rams’ St. Louis departure
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