Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Georgia College, Mercer, FVSU; UGA-Bama, Falcons, UGA, Tech; college FB/BKB, NFL, NBA, more
Saturday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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National championship: Alabama vs. Georgia
Coming Sunday afternoon: the latest – and fresh, non-recycled – on the game, plus a recap of the week’s coverage in The Sports Report, as well as a column on the game, and the one simple single thing Georgia has to do to win.
Around/about Central Georgia
WBKB: Balanced Mercer pulls away from Chattanooga
MBKB: No. 21 Georgia College gets hot late for road win
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Saints-Falcons things to watch
Oluokun’s unknown future with the Falcons
Atlanta mailbag: Patterson, the defense, beating the Saints …
MBKB: Kentucky sharp in dispatching Georgia
MBKB: Notre Dame forces OT and nips Georgia Tech
College Football/South
Chizik to join Brown’s staff at North Carolina
Legal fees in Tennessee’s probe of the Pruitt Era passes a mil
College Football
North Dakota State rolls to ninth FCS title in 11 years
College Basketball
M-Auburn’s Pearl suspended, Tigers face probation after committee meets
W-South Carolina’s Staley wonders about LSU’s belated support
M-Michigan State-Michigan game ppd.
M-Clemson gets rare win at NC State
M-Bacot leads North Carolina over Virginia
M-Florida State rebounds against Louisville
M-Auburn downs Florida for 11th straight win
M-Missouri upends No. 15 Alabama
M-Oklahoma State breaks loose against No. 14 Texas
M-Short-handed Texas Tech gets past No. 6 Kansas
College Sports
Column: Portal has become a big, fat joke
Hawaii may have issues in more than football
NFL
Kansas City holds off Denver, thanks to fumble return
Dallas throttles Philly, Dak throws five
Titans have time to decide on Henry’s return
Column: Did Brown take Bucs’ title hopes with him?
NBA/WNBA
Nelsons apparently not invited by Mavs to Nowitzki ceremony
Warriors’ Thompson to return Sunday
Around the nation/world