Monday's Report: GHSA flag football playoffs; A Cousins catastrophe, UGA, Georgia State, Kennesaw State; NFL Sunday, college football/basketball, MLB, NBA, soccer, college hoops
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Around/About Central Georgia
GHSA flag football playoffs start Thursday
Nine of Central Georgia’s 20 teams are among those left out of 262 teams playing GHSA flag football this year as the playoffs start on Thursday.
Peach County in Division III, and Westside and Dodge County in Division I are host schools. Two rounds are played at host schools.
Central Georgia teams’ pairings - Division III: 2/3 Veterans vs. 8/2 Southwest DeKalb, at South Effingham; 8/4 Druid Hills at 2/1 Peach County (also Effingham County vs. South Paulding at Peach County); 8/3 Tucker vs. 2/2 Warner Robins, at Lithia Springs; 2/4 Houston County at 8/1 St. Pius X.
Division I: 5/4 Central at 1/1 Harris County; 1/4 Shaw at 5/1 Westside (also King’s Ridge vs. St. Vincent’s); 4/4 Metter at 3/1 Dodge County (also South Atlanta vs. Jackson-Atlanta); 5/3 Mary Persons vs. 1/2 Columbus, at Mount Vernon; 3/3 Fitzgerald vs. 4/2 Washington County, at Therrell.
The championships are Dec. 16-17 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Quarterfinal games are Dec.9 and semifinals on Dec. 12.
Around/About Georgia
Still makes 2 picks, returns one for TD as Chargers hand Falcons third straight loss
Morris remains loyal to struggling QB Cousins despite 4 interceptions in loss to Chargers
Column: Cousins was supposed to fix the Falcons, but now he's hurting them
Falcons' pass rush shows up in loss to Chargers
With Humphrey hitting portal, Georgia could need more of Robinson
How close is Etienne to returning?
On other side of Georgia football's 8-overtime win is playoff pressure eased
Georgia State falls flat in senior day loss to Coastal Carolina
Kennesaw State hires NFL assistant Jerry Mack as head football coach
UGA women fall to lowly Hampton at home
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
Column: The Iron Bowl of teases, wasted potential and what could’ve been
What DeBoer said about second-half Iron Bowl sideline fight
Steelers’ Smith reportedly tells NC he's not a candidate
‘Superman’: Lagway’s big-play ability elevates Gators, helps them get on track
Sellers became 'LaMagic' to lead South Carolina football to most important win of season
Sellers' heroics the reason for South Carolina's success
Napier apologizes after postgame skirmish with rival FSU
Syracuse's Brown hilariously took credit for getting Clemson into the ACC title game
When Clemson got in ACC title game, Dabo Swinney got wild FaceTime from coach who made it happen
College Football/Coaching Carousel
West Virginia fires coach Neal Brown after going 37-35 in six seasons
Temple hires Sam Houston State head coach K.C. Keeler as Owls’ new football coach
Purdue fires coach Ryan Walters after going 5-19 in his two seasons
FIU fires Mike MacIntyre after three seasons, all 4-8
Tar Heels turn to former Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens as interim coach
Texas Tech fires defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and assistant Marcel Yates
North Dakota names Fruechte interim head coach
College Football/Conference Championships
Conference newcomers to play for titles in Power Four. Oregon-Penn St, Texas-Georgia top-5 matchups
Oregon reaches Big Ten title game by refusing to focus on the ‘fiction’ of the future
College Football
Top 25: Ohio St, Miami, Clemson drop; Texas, Penn St, Notre Dame, Georgia in line behind Oregon
Ohio State AD Bjork issues strong support for Day
Locksley takes exception to late Penn State TD
Big Ten fines Michigan and Ohio State $100,000 each for postgame melee
Indiana fakes a punt while leading Purdue 38-0
Column: Army making the best of timely move to the American Athletic Conference
FCS Playoffs
EKU-Villanova game marred by controversial call
Montana too much for feisty Tennessee State, Eddie George
Top-seed Montana State gets Tennessee-Martin (and Central Georgians Bryce Bailey/Bleckley County)
Abilene Christian dominates, shuts out Northern Arizona in FCS Playoffs debut
Lehigh football rallies in 4th quarter to stun Richmond, gets first NCAA playoff win since 2011
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
McLaughlin’s field goal in OT helps Bucs beat Panthers, move into 1st-place tie in NFC South
Stafford and Kyren Williams help the Rams grind out a victory over the Saints
Texans find momentum heading into bye with 23-20 win at Jaguars after knocking out QB Lawrence
Violent hit on Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence ‘has no business being in our league,’ coach says
Allen has TDs passing, rushing and receiving as Bills rout 49ers
Vikings win 5th straight, rallying past Cardinals on Darnold’s TD pass with 1:13 left
Daniels has 4 TDs as the Commanders end their skid at 3
Philadelphia defense, Tucker’s misses help the Eagles to win in showdown with Ravens
Williams’ 92-yard INT return and Charbonnet’s late TD run help Seahawks top Jets
Wilson throws for a season-high 414 yards and 3 TDs as the Steelers top the Bengals
Richardson throws for TD and runs for 2 with 12 seconds left as Colts beat Patriots
Payton has a history with Browns dynamic duo of Winston and Jeudy
College Basketball/Women
Rice helps No. 1 UCLA beat Hawaii 70-49 in final day of Rainbow Wahine Showdown
No. 5 Texas tops No. 12 West Virginia 78-73 to win Gulf Coast Showcase championship
Alben leads Charleston Southern against South Alabama after 21-point game
College Basketball/Men
Wofford earns 74-54 victory over North Alabama in SoCon/ASUN Challenge
Freemantle scores 17, McKnight 14 as No. 22 Xavier holds on to beat SC State
Balanced UCF pulls away from Cal Baptist
NBA
Bridges scores 31, Knicks beat injury-depleted Pelicans
Mitchell scores 35, Cavs end Celtics’ winning streak with win in matchup of East’s elite
Tennis
Djokovic said that he hired Murray as his coach because he knows him very well
High school/youth sports
Coach's wife 'loved being a Hawk' but died unexpectedly this week. High school team won for her
Soccer
LA Galaxy midfielder Riqui Puig will miss MLS Cup final after tearing ACL in left knee
Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove in medically induced coma after collapsing in Italian soccer game
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