Central Georgia Sports ReportNovember 27, 2023Comment

Monday's Report: Macon TD Club/ESPN’s Nowkhah; Falcons/Saints; UGA/Tech/Bama, Hawks; NFL Sunday, college conference title games, college 🏈/job board/🏀, NBA

Central Georgia Sports ReportNovember 27, 2023Comment

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Coming Monday: Monday Morning Quarterback

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College

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M-Florida International 92, Kennesaw State 84

Pro

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Pensacola 1, Macon 0

🏈🏈🏈NFL🏈🏈🏈

Atlanta 24, New Orleans 15

🏈 🏈 🏈 NBA🏈🏈🏈

Boston 113, Atlanta 103

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Central Georgia HS Football

Friday
GHSA
Semifinal
Class AAAA
Perry, 11-2, R2/2, at Starr’s Mill, 10-3, R4/1
GIAA
Championship
At Mercer
Thursday
8 p.m., Class AAA: John Milledge, 12-0, vs. Valwood, 10-1
Friday
5 p.m., Class AA: Gatewood, 10-2, vs. Edmund Burke, 11-1
8 p.m.: Class 4A: FPD, 8-3-1, vs. Brookstone, 8-4

Around/About Central Georgia

Macon Touchdown Club picks some Vikings

Back of the week: Senior running back Hayden Aulds of FPD ran for 145 yards on 17 carries and caught four passes for 58 yards in the Vikings’ 33-27 win over Tattnall in a GIAA Class AAAA semifinal.

Lineman: Senior defensive end/tight end Gavin Spillers had nine tackles and a TFL while catching three passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Tattnall.

ESPN/SEC Network host Nowkhah to speak at Macon TD Club

Dari Nowkhah of ESPN and the SEC Network is Monday’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club in its final regular meeting of the year.

The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Cost is $30 for non-members.

Nowkhah grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma. He worked at TV stations in Montana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma before joining ESPN in 2004, and then the SEC Network in 2014.

Nowkhah and wife Jenn have had three biological children and an adopted child. They lost an infant son in 2011 to complications from an infection that compromised his heart, and started Hayden’s Hope, a foundation to help families with expenses due to children’s organ transplants. supporting organ donation, in his memory. They adopted Nahla two years before Hayden’s birth and passing.

November is National Adoption Month.

It’s the final meeting of the season. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart will again speak at the year-end jamboree, tentatively set for March.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Ridder overcomes 2 interceptions to lead Falcons past Saints, into first-place tie

Saints offense fails to finish drives in loss to Falcons

Robinson, Falcons run game dominate in season-high rushing effort

'No. 3 is special. Let's start off there': Jessie Bates III, Falcons defense shows strength in win vs. Saints

Tech’s Key not about moral victories

Georgia injury update

Grading UGA’s D after a struggle

More UGA grades

Kirby talks Tide

Nick talks Dawgs

Tatum scores 34, Brown 21 in Celtics’ win over Hawks

Atlanta loses Johnson for 3-4 weeks with wrist fracture

Porzingis, Holiday both out with an injury for Celtics game against Hawks

MBKB- Hawkins scores 22 to help Florida International defeat Kennesaw State

Football/NFL/USFL/CFL/XFL

Hurts runs for winning TD in overtime, Eagles rally past Allen, Bills

Lawrence throws for 364 yards, Texans miss late field goal as Jags hold on

Steelers pile up season-high 421 yards without Canada, beat Burrow-less Bengals

Taylor scores twice to help the Colts overpower Buccaneers run defense

Stafford throws season-high 4 TDs. Rams roll

Mahomes throws 2 TDs, Chiefs rally from 14 down

Henry runs for 2 TDs as the Titans hold off Panthers

Giants edge Patriots and their woeful quarterbacks 10-7, aided by late missed field goal

Roundup

College football/SEC, ACC

Texas A&M working to hire Duke’s Elko to replace Fisher, AP source says

Stoops addresses rumors about him leaving for Texas A&M: 'I couldn't leave' Kentucky

Mississippi State hires Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lebby to be its new head coach

The ghosts of the Iron Bowl

Conference championship schedule
(Saturday unless noted)

AAC: SMU vs. Tulane (4 p.m., ABC)
ACC: Florida State vs. Louisville (8 p.m., ABC)
Big Ten: Michigan vs. Iowa (8 p.m. Fox)
Big 12: Texas vs. Oklahoma State (Noon, ABC)
Conference USA: New Mexico State at Liberty (7 p.m. ET Friday, CBSSN)
MAC: Toledo vs. Miami (Ohio) (Noon, ESPN)
Mountain West: UNLV vs. Boise State (3 p.m. Fox)
Pac-12: Oregon vs. Washington (8 p.m. ET Friday, ABC)
SEC: Alabama vs. Georgia (4 p.m., CBS)
Sun Belt: Troy vs. Appalachian State (4 p.m., ESPN)

Column-Milroe's Iron Bowl miracle against Auburn shows God is an Alabama fan

'We can close the gap pretty fast': Freeze's message to Auburn recruits

Despite disappointing finale, South Carolina football 'meant everything' to Spencer Rattler

What Lea said about Vanderbilt football scuffle, unsportsmanlike penalty vs. Tennessee

Don't discount Tennessee football progress under Josh Heupel. Now comes the hard part

Gators crumble (again) against FSU football

Florida gave FSU trouble, but a disappointing finish was all too appropriate

Virginia Tech wanted to take an on-field photo after a big rivalry win, so Virginia turned the sprinklers on them

Column-As Tennessee showed, Vandy’s Lea has changes to make

College Football

AP Top 25: No. 3 Washington, No. 5 Oregon move up, give Pac-12 2 in top 5 for 1st time since 2016

Suddenly, JMU and Jacksonville State bowl-bound, but needed help