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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 …

Ryan fined for taunting

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-Miami stuns Duke at Duke

M-Clemson gets rare win at NC State

M-Bacot leads North Carolina over Virginia

M-A&M’s balance tops Arkansas

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

Bowl schedule/results

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball