Travis Richmond rushed for two early touchdowns to help Ft. Valley St. win at Benedict 40-23 on a rare Thursday night SIAC football game. The game was delayed when the lights went out at Charlie W. Johnson stadium in the first quarter.
Irmo native Dustin Johnson bogeyed two of his last three holes after a weather delay at the first round of the Tour Championship to finish Thursday even par. Johnson has to finish 6th or better this weekend to have a chance to win the Fed Ex Cup and its $10 million first prize.
The NCAA has sent South Carolina a notice of allegations to university President Harris Pastides.
The NCAA letter received Monday says 12 athletes in football and women’s track received an extra benefit of $47,000 for staying at a local hotel for a reduced rate. The NCAA also says officials with the Student Athlete Mentoring Foundation provided $8,000 worth of impermissible benefits and inducements for South Carolina athletes and prospects.
Newton passed for 432 yards against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the most ever in a single game by a rookie, but the Panthers still lost to the reigning Super Bowl champs, 30-23.
Clemson jumped into this week’s new Associated Press Top 25 college football poll at #21 after ending Auburn’s 17-game winning streak Saturday. This Saturday’s match-up in Death Valley against #11 Florida St. will kickoff at 3:30 on ESPN.
South Carolina (3-0) slipped two spots in the rankings Sunday to No. 12. USC moves up one spot to
No. 21 Auburn’s luck ended Saturday along with its 17-game winning streak as Clemson piled up 624 yards in beating the defending national champions 38-24.
Indiana’s Edward Wright-Baker threw for two touchdowns and the Hoosiers rushed for 271 yards and three more scores Saturday, beating up on South Carolina State 38-21 to give their new coach his first career victory.
The NCAA has turned down South Carolina’s appeal of the four-game suspension given freshman wide receiver Damiere Byrd.
The school announced Saturday that the NCAA’s committee on reinstatement turned down South Carolina’s request. The 10th-ranked Gamecocks take on Navy on Saturday night.
Lexington running back Kevin Miller’s big night against Irmo helped the Wildcats snap to a 48-10 win and snap an 11-game losing streak in the rivalry dubbed, “The Battle of the Dam.” That’s just one of the high school football highlights in ABC Columbia’s Friday Night Fever Week Four Part I.
