Saturday's Report: Scoreboard; Middle Georgia State, Mercer; Falcons/Ridder, Braves, Hawks; CFP, college fb/bowls, NBA, NFL, World Cup
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Honor Roll
SSAC MSOC scholar-athletes: MGSU’s Chmelo
Around/about Central Georgia
MBKB-Mercer welcomes Santa, Morehead State
BSB-Mercer schedule includes big Texas trip
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
How has Atlanta prepared Ridder
Braves add utility player Park
Young drops 31 as Hawks drop Hornets
College Football Playoffs
‘Unprecedented demand’ for Georgia’s Peach Bowl tickets
The king of roster management?
Fox announcer says Buckeyes have a chance
Ohio State to tweak unis for Peach Bowl
Smart: Bennett for Heisman ‘pretty special’
Buckeyes’ offense no secret to Smart
College Football
Cure Bowl-Troy D bows up, gets 5 turnovers, beats UTSA
Lending Tree-UAB D makes last-play stop at the 2 to preserve win
FCS-North Dakota State survives big Incarnate Word game
Young, Anderson to play for Tide in bowl
Speaking of opt-outs and the SEC …
Purdue brings back Brees for bowl
New South Carolina OC to re-recruit Rattler
Auburn assistant – and former UGA LB – bids farewell
Freeze and new coordinators talk about each other
Nebraska cans former interim Joseph after arrest
North Central (Ill.) takes Division III title
College Basketball
Gottfried gets 3-year show-cause penalty from NCAA
Football/NFL/USFL
Mayfield back to work with Rams after big debut
Brady and sputtering Bucks host Burrow and hot Bengals
Fields going after 1,000 rushing yards
Henry, Titans look to snap road skid against Chargers
White not cleared, Wilson gets another chance
Soccer
Messi, Mbappe, and other storylines heading into final
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Griner grateful, determined to help with other hostages
MLB/Baseball
Boone was antsy until Judge decided to stay
Golf
Scoreboards