Friday's News ' Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia College, Fort Valley State, Mercer; Bama-UGA; Falcons, Tech; college FB/BKB, NFL, WNBA, golf, tennis, more
Friday’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: Stratford goes down the hall for a new football coach
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Alabama vs. Georgia
Jones County grad Hartley getting props for Bowers’ emergence
The ol’ Ball Coach likes the Dawgs
No Metchie, but Williams is mighty good
Column: Who can stop SEC from swallowing the game?
Rematch blues: Bama tries to buck history in title game
Relentless recruiting equals all-star teams
Column: Decades of frustration mounting, but no excuses, should end Monday
70 or not, Saban still chews assistant butt
Honor Roll
VB: Georgia College puts seven on academic team
Around/About Central Georgia
FVSU returns to fanless for basketball
Mercer schedule update
Mercer’s women host Chattanooga at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The men are at Furman at 4 p.m.
The men’s road game with The Citadel has been rescheduled for Jan. 17. The women’s home game with ETSU has moved to Jan. 17.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
MBKB: Tech hopes to find footing against Notre Dame
Sports and COVID
College basketball teams have to re-work on conditioning
College Football/South
UNC lets defensive assistants go
Kiffin, Freeze get into a fishin’ feud
College Football
Hawaii Senate getting involved with Hawaii program under Graham
Eastern Michigan alum Batch offers Williams a million
Column: College football needs a peacemaker for playoff expansion
Oregon State busts up west side of stadium
Alabama’s O’Brien: Portal is like free agency without rules
Kansas State promotes Klein to OC
Moving: Texas QB heading to Nebraska
College Basketball
W-Arizona returns after three weeks off with a win
W-Florida loses guard to shin injury
College Sports
Florida State’s Howell wins another Hermann Trophy
Murray State changing Valleys, from Ohio to Missouri
NFL/Football
Column: Ding dong, the Wonderlic is almost dead
Jags’ game sponsor wants out, worried about Clown Bowl Sunday
Rodgers responds to he’ll-boycott-the-SB story
O’Brien among those set for Jacksonville interview
Column: Tired of hearing from Antonio Brown’s enablers
Baltimore’s Jackson out for fourth straight game
Column: How selfishness of Wentz, Cousins, and Brown helps the Eagles
Brown: Tom Brady is Tampa Bay’s GM
NBA/WNBA
Sue Bird coming back for another year
Golf/Tennis
Are politics involved in Djokovic detention?
Smith recovers for 3-shot lead at Kapalua
Osaka withdraws from Melbourne tourney, plans on Aussie Open
Around the nation/world