South Carolina’s star sophomore running back Marcus Lattimore will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn knee ligament and cartilage damage during the Gamecocks’ 14-12 win over Mississippi State on Saturday. Lattimore came into the game leading the SEC in rushing, but left after carrying the ball 17 times for just 39 yards.
SEC powerhouses Louisiana State and Alabama rank first and second in the first BCS poll of the year. In-state and Big 12 rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are third and fourth, with Boise State rounding out the top five.
Two head coaches fought, while another was injured during a game, as week six of the 2011 NFL season left just the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers as the lone unbeaten team in the league.
It was an exciting week in college football as five ranked teams went down to defeat, records were broken and several long-running streaks (including one in Austin, TX dating back to 1893) came to an end. Here are all the highlights from this week in the Top 25.
Justin Moore gets the dog, Carl Edwards gets the girl. In Moore’s just released video for ‘Bait a Hook,’ Edwards’ pretty boy shows up the country singer. He’s got a bigger boat, a bigger truck and in the end a bigger fish. It’s Moore’s funniest video since his debut single ‘Back That Thing Up.’
Week six of the 2011 NFL season has a few key intra-conference games and two clear mismatches as the best teams in each division begin to attempt to pull away from the pack.
Here’s a preview of all of the action on the NFL schedule for Sunday, Oct. 16:
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Most teen age boys have alot on their minds. Most love sports and cars and girls. And many love music as well.
As part of her noble initiative to fight childhood obesity, first lady Michelle Obama gathered 450 kids on the White House’s South Lawn on Tuesday in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.
Yes, there’s a record for that.
NFL owners approved a league resolution on Tuesday that will continue to bring regular-season American football games to British soil through 2016.
With the autumn temperatures starting to fall, the action on the field is heating up. This week in college football features a key in-state Big Ten matchup, along with top 25 games in the Big 12 and Pac-12. Here are the highlights for this week’s key matchups.
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Hurricane Irene flooded dozens of pumpkin patches this year, leading to what many say will be an unprecedented shortage — and price increase — for those wanting to carve traditional Halloween Jack O’ Lanterns.
That said, even a hurricane won’t stop the super-creative types who work their magic to create stylish artwork on pumpkins every year.
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