With Florida’s SEC season over, the Gators’ hopes of playing in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta on Dec. 1 rest on the shoulders of three fellow SEC East teams: Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia.
Here’s a look at the the SEC East scenarios:
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When Chris Boozer woke up the morning of Nov. 3, two things were on his mind.
First, he wanted to have a good day at Ironman Florida.
Second, he was concerned about his bike.
Boozer had to leave the engagement ring he was going to give to girlfriend Laura Thomas after both finished the race with his bike overnight.
“I had one of the most expensive bikes,” he said. “I was saying a few prayers coming out of the water.
Here are my Bowl predictions for games Jan. 1 and after.
They will be updated weekly after the BCS rankings are released.
Check back later this week for complete predictions of the 33 postseason bowl games.
Outback Bowl — Wisconsin vs. Kentucky
Jan. 1, 11 a.m., ESPN, Tampa, Fla.
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Two former Chipola Indians made their college debut at Indiana on Monday.
Jamarcus Ellis, the defending junior college national player of the year, started for the eighth-ranked Hoosiers (1-0) in their season opener against Chattanooga. He had five points and nine rebounds in the 99-77 win.
DeAndre Thomas, the 6-foot-8 center had 11 points and three rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench. Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson rewarded Thomas for his first-half play.
“I started DeAndre in the second half to be more physical,” Sampson said. “(It) allows you to play (him with D.J. White in the same lineup), and I don’t know that he could have done it two or three weeks ago. But that has been part of our plan.”
Ellis and Thomas helped lead Chipola to the NJCAA national championship game last season, where they lost to Midland, 94-75.
Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes may be gone, but they won’t be forgotten at Saturday’s annual Michigan-Ohio State game played this year in Ann Arbor, Mich.
According to The Associated Press, a commemorative coin featuring Schembechler and Hayes will be used during the pregame coin toss. It will be produced by a company owned by former
Michigan quarterback John Wangler.
Schembechler died a day before last year’s game, which Ohio State won.
Hayes died in 1987.
