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Aztecs-Fresno State….SDSU (7-3)-vs-Bulldogs (8-2) in must win game for Aztecs….State to play without suspended LT-Tyler Roemer-discipline issues….OG-Keith Ishmael-Backing concussion protocol second time this year….Aztecs 6-turnvoers in last 3-games…SDSU allowed 27-QB sacks on season….Fresno QB-Marcus McMaryion (2699P-21TD-3 Interceptions)…..WRs-KeeSean Johnson-Jared Rice combined (111R) this year…Bulldogs defense 22-takeaways…18-QB sacks..47-tackles for losses…allow 33% on 3rd down conversions.

USD-at-Marist…Final game of season…Toreros (8-2)-vs-Foxes…USD-QB Anthony Lawrence plays final regular season game of his career… will await Sunday pairings for 1AA playoffs….Lawrence (3,496Y-passing this season) shattering school mark…Carreer (12,061Y)-all time passing leader.

USC-UCLA…..Trojans (5-5)…Bruins (2-8)…both staggering in midst of rebuilding campaigns.

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(Mountain West)

Boise State-New Mexico…Broncos (8-2)…Lobos (3-7)

Utah State-Colorado State…Aggies (9-1)..QB-Jordan Love (2,676P-24TD)

Air Force-Wyoming..Cowboys RB-Nico Evans (1,166Y-rushing)

Nevada-San Jose…Wolfpack QB-Ty Gangin (2,522P-20TD)

UNLV-Hawaii…Warriors QB-Cole McDonald (3,163P-32TD)

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(Pac 12)

Washington State-Arizona..Cougars QB-Gardner Minshew (3,852-29TD)

Arizona State-Oregon..Both teams (6-4)..Devils RB-Eno Benjamin (1,295R)-Ducks QB-Justin Herbert (2,621-25TD).

Stanford-Cal…Bears defense ranked 16th in country-vs-Cardinal QB-KJ Costello…Game could be cancelled because of air quality issues from fires.

Washington-Oregon State…Huskies (7-3) on year.

Utah-Colorado..Buffaloes coach Mike McIntyre on hot seat for 2nd bad year in row.

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(Division II-III) Playoffs begin
..Division II…Minnesota State (11-0)..Notre Dame-Ohio (11-0)..Valdosta State (10-0) top ranked teams.
..Division III..Mt Union (10-0)…Hardin-Baylor (11-0)..St Johns Minnesota top teams.

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……(Top Ranked)

1-Alabama-Citadel…Tide 51-point favorite
2-Clemson-Duke…Tigers go for 11th win of year
3-Notre Dame-Syracuse…Irish (I0-0)..Orange (8-2)..game at Yankees Stadium
4-Michigan-Indiana..Hoosiers QB-Peyton Ramsey (2,338-17TD)
5-Georgia-U Mass…Bulldogs 41-point favorite
6-Oklahoma-Kansas..Sooners QB-Kyler Murray (3,039-32TD)
7-LSU-vs-Rice…Owls (1-9)
8-Washington State-Arizona..Cougars (9-1)
9-West Virginia-Oklahoma State..matchup QBs-Will Grier-Taylor Cornielus
10-Ohio State-Maryland..Buckeyes a week away showdown with Michigan

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. (NFL)

Chargers-Denver….Bolts go for 7th win in a row…Chargers (7-2)..Broncos (3-6).
..Philip Rivers (2,459P-21TD-4 Int)
.-Case Keenum (2,400-11TD-11-Tovers)
..Chargers WRs (13.4YPCatch)
..Bolts RBs (5.1 YPCarry)
..Chargers offense ranked #8 (392YPG)
..Chargers defense ranked #16 (356YPG)
..Chargers to play without LB-Denzel Perryman-knee surgery
..Broncos defense 28-sacks-12-takeaways.
..Denver offense ranked #11 (377YPG)
..Denver defense ranked #21 (364YPG)
..Broncos lost 6-of-7.

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(Scoreboard)-Thursday Night Football

Seattle-W-Green Bay (27-24)..Russell Wilson (225P-2TD)…Seattle RBs (173Y) rushing in win…Aaron Rodgers (332P-2TD)…Seattle defense 5-sacks in win.

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(Schedule)

Dallas-Atlanta..QB-Matt Ryan (3915P-21TD)…RB-Zeke Elliott (831R)..QB-Dak Prescott (1930P-11TD)

Carolina-Detroit..QB-Cam Newton (2405APY) 17TD

Titans-Colts..QB-Andew Luck (2472P-26TD)

Bucs-Giants..Eli Manning (2565P-11TD)..Ryan Fitzpatrick (17TD-10 Tovers)

Houston-Washington..QB-Deshaun Watson (2389P-17TD)..Alex Smith (2045P-10TD)

Steelers-Jaguars..Ben Roethlisberger (2888P-21TD)..RB-James Connor (1158APY-11TD)…Jacksonville lost 5-in row…Pittsburgh won 5-in row.

Bengals-Ravens..Bengals lost 3-of-4…Baltimore lost 4-of-5..QB-Joe Flacco out.

Raiders-Arizona…Oakland (1-8)..Cardinals (2-7)

Saints-Eagles..New Orleans won 8-row….Eagles (I4-5)…QB-Drew Brees (2601P-21TD)

Vikings-Bears..Minnesota won 4-of-5…Chicago (6-3)…QB-Kirk Cousins (2685P-17TD)…Mitch Trubisky (2304P-19TD)

Chiefs-Rams…Monday night football…both teams I(9-1)…QB-Patrick Mahomes (3150P-31TD)….RB-Kareem Hunt (1071APY)…WR-Tyreek Hill (16YPC)..TE-Travis Kelce (12YPC)…QB-Jared Goff (3134P-22TD-113QBR)….RB-Todd Gurley (1390APY)…WRs-Brandon Cooks (16YPC)..Robert Woods (15YPC)

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CFL-Playoff semifinal games on Sunday

..Hamilton Ticats-vs-Ottawa Red-Black…Ticats QB-Jeremiah Masoli (5209P-28TD)-vs-Ottawa QB-Trevor Harris (5116P-22TD)
..Winnipeg Blue Bombers-vs-Calgary Stampeders…Calgary QB=Bo Levi Mitchell (5124P-35TD)-vs-Bombers QB-Matt Nichols (18TD)…RB-Andsrew Harrison (1390R)

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(NFL)

Atlanta…Longtime Falcons LB-Fox Broadcaster Tim Green confirms he is suffering from ALS-Lou Gehrig Disease.

Jason Witten… Monday Night Football analyst admits he is struggling in TV debut.

49ers…Coach Kyle Shanahan says rookie Nick Muillens will remain as starting QB.

Rams..CB-Aqid Taleb defends up and down play of CB-Marcus Peters

Lions…Players question why 1st year coach Matt Patricia practiced them outside in snow-when they play dome game next.

Chargers..DE-Joey Bosa admits if he plays on Sunday he will be playing in pain with bone bruise on foot still limiting workouts

Giants..Activated RB-Jon Stewart from IR list

Packers..Activate WR-Trevor Davis from IR

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(Roster Moves)

Colts..Sign FA-S-Jalen Collins-released by Atlanta…disciplined by NFL-4 times for drug issues.

Dallas..workout FA-DE-Tank Carradine-ex Raiders

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AL MVP Award…Red Sox OF-Mookie Betts gets 29-first place votes…hit (.346) on season.

NL MVP Award..Brewers Christian Yelich…hit (.326-36HRs) in running away with balloting.

Yankees..Owner Hal Steinbrenner says Manny Machado attitude “I’m not Johnny Hustle’ would not play well in NY…team might not bid on him.

Marlins..announce color change jerseys…going to Blue-Orange on Black…new logo with Marlins fish on top of baseball.

Twins..Hire-Wes Johnson as pitching coach-was college coach Mississippi State…Hire Jeremy Heffner as bullpen coach.

MLB…signs 5.1B-contract extension with Fox TV thru 2028….Fox pays 30% increase to retain World Series…Playoffs…All Star Games.

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(Roster Moves)

Texas..Sign FA-C-Jeff Mathis-ex Arizona-Angels

Phillies..Open trade talks with Astros-Twins-Rockies for possible deal for power hitting 1B-DH-Carlos Santana.

Tigers..Sell contract P-Chad Bell to team in Korean League

Seattle…Sign FA-P-Ruben Alaiz-ex Tampa Bay.

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………(Basketball)………

Lakers-at-Orlando…Saturday matchup….LA won 4 in a row.
Clippers-at Brooklyn..begin East Coast road trip on Saturday

Clippers-W-Spurs (116-111)…Lou Williams hits 29′-3 point. shot with (:40) give Clippes win…Williams (23P)…DeMar DeRozan (34) for Raptors in loss…..Thursday night game…

Lakers..G-Rajon Rondo-surgery on Friday-fractured shooting hand..out 4W.

Utah Jazz…reeling after 50P-loss to Dallas Mavericks.

Golden State…lose by 31P on road-players go public supporting suspension of Draymond Green.

Houston..F-Carmelo Anthony will not return to team-left club last weekend to determine his future with struggling team.

Aztecs….Leave this weekend for Hawaii…Play in Maui Classic on Monday.

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Gulls-Bakersfield…AHL action at Valley View Casino Center…Gulls debut of Ducks 1st round draft pick Isac Lunderstrom…joins other young stars Sam Steel-Troy Terry-Max Comtois in starting lineup.

Ducks-Toronto…Friday night matchup…Ducks have lost 10-of-13.
Kings-Chicago..LA opens road trip in terrible tailspin (5-11-1) record.

Ducks..D-Cam Fowler to have major surgery for 3-facial fractures-orbital bone-cheekbone-jaw-hit by deflected shot off his stick…could be out 3-months.

Tampa Bay..G-Andrei Vcasilevskiy-Fractured foot-out indefinitely.

Boston..D-Zdeno Chara sent home from road trip-back injury.

Nashville..Lose F-Viktor Arvidsson-8W-broken thumb

Tampa Bay…F-Brayden Point scores 3-power play goals in (:91) span on Thursday night.win over Penguins…Pittsburgh now (1-6-1) in tailspin.

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….(General)……..

NASCAR…Final race of season…Miami 400….final 4-drivers go for 2M-prize money….Kevin Harvick…Kyle Busch…Joey Logano…Martin Truex are the 4-points leaders.

Formula 1….Brazilian Grand Prix…Lewis Hamilton wrapping up another championship season.

Soccer…England-W-USA (3-0)….Brits totally dominate…scoirng 2-goals in 2-minutes in opening half because of US breakdowns on defense

Soccer..Mexico reportedly to name Tatu Martino as head coach of World Cup team…Martino-Coach of Year in MLS with Atlanta United franchise.

Golf…Rory McIlroy mocks Phil Mickelson-Tiger Woods upcoming ‘Match’…9M-winner take all 18-hole playoff….”10-years ago-would have been good idea-now-no-I won’t watch”…Turner Broadcasting charging only 19.99 for the made for TV event.

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