Blank comments on investigation of fake crowd noise in Atlanta

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Tuesday he has seen enough of the NFL’s investigation of fake crowd noise at Atlanta’s home games to acknowledge wrongdoing.

The NFL is trying to determine if the Falcons pumped artificial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome for home games the last two years. Apparently, the answer is yes.

Blank had a quick response when asked if there was a fine line for crowd noise not allowed by the league.

"It’s not really a fine line," Blank told The Associated Press. "I think what we’ve done in 2013 and 2014 was wrong. Anything that affects the competitive balance and fairness on the field, we’re opposed to, as a league, as a club and as an owner. It’s obviously embarrassing but beyond embarrassing it doesn’t represent our culture and what we’re about."

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Winners and losers from Week 14 college football matches

Week 14 of the college football season brought us emphasizes galore as well as several surprises that nobody could have called earlier in 2013. While we understand who won and who lost the matches in the box scores, who actually came out of Saturday competent to hold their heads high?

TCU: Saturday could not have been scripted considerably better for the Horned Frogs, who found Mississippi State go down in front of the box and Ohio State lose their starting quarterback. Combination in Baylor fighting against lowly Texas Tech and TCU is in far better standing to reach the College Football Playoff.

Memphis: The Tigers won seven matches united in 2012 and 2013 but continued their extraordinary turn around under trainer Justin Fuente with their ninth victory of the season on Saturday over UConn. That gave the team a share of the AAC tournament and made the boxscores coach an even hotter commodity this offseason.

Georgia Tech: It was not pretty but the Yellow Jackets stormed back to defeat their instate competition in wild way and send themselves into the ACC Championship Game next week on a high.

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Winners and losers from Week 14 college football matches

Can not-miss Minutes: Top school football plays of Week 14

Saturdays during school football season consistently provide a bevy of "can not-miss Moments." College Football 24/7 is here to remember to have accessibility to all the plays buffs will be raving about.

Georgia’s Damian Swann returned a Justin Thomas fumble 99 yards for a touchdown vs. Georgia Tech.

Georgia’s Marshall Morgan gained 28 yards on this fake field goal.

Clemson’s Artavis Scott revealed some fine footwork close to the conclusion of the 70-yard scoring play.

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Can not-miss Minutes: Top school football plays of Week 14

Todd Gurley runs for 138, injured in return from suspension

Mark Richt didn’t exactly ease Todd Gurley back into the mix in the Georgia rushing rotation Saturday. And after a four-game suspension, the star junior looked like his dominant self until a left knee injury ended his night.

Gurley fed on a season-high 29 carries for 138 yards and a touchdown to help the Bulldogs to a 34-7 home drubbing of Auburn, keeping UGA in the hunt for an SEC East title, and as well marking the return of one of college football’s elite talents. But late in the game, Gurley took a carry up the middle and suffered an undisclosed injury to his left knee. He was carted off the field.

In his postgame press conference, Richt acknowledged Gurley hurt his knee, but wasn’t able to shed any light on the severity of the injury.

"Don’t know, I really don’t know," Richt told reporters. "I’m just as curious as everyone else. … He hurt his knee."

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Todd Gurley runs for 138, injured in return from suspension

Georgia"s Isaiah McKenzie returns kickoff, punt for touchdowns

Georgia freshman Isaiah McKenzie is several weeks from learning if his return abilities deserve postseason All-SEC honors.

however you can bet he’s Kentucky’s vote.

» Can Not-miss Minutes: Top plays of Week 11 in CFB

The diminutive wide receiver (5-foot-8, 165 pounds) broke the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in the Bulldogs’ 63-31 triumph over UK Saturday, and afterwards broke a punt return 59 yards for his second special teams touchdown of the day. View both plays underneath.

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Georgia"s Isaiah McKenzie returns kickoff, punt for touchdowns

Virginia Tech"s Luther Maddy will sit out rest of season

Virginia Tech’s Luther Maddy, among the best five senior defensive tackles nationwide, will miss the remaining season and is seeking a health redshirt.

Maddy (6-foot-1, 293 pounds) hasn’t played since a Sept. 20 loss to Georgia Tech because of a knee injury; he needs a second operation on the knee, he declared Monday night.

Want another operation so that I will redshirt this season and play another year at technology. You will not find anybody more concentrated! #HokieNation #Blessed

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Virginia Tech"s Luther Maddy will sit out rest of season

Mark Richt tweet shows Todd Gurley will not play vs. Arkansas

Georgia coach Mark Richt early Thursday morning suggested that suspended Bulldogs tailback Todd Gurley wouldn’t play Saturday against Arkansas.

I am going to attempt to clear up Todd’s standing. & quot;we’ll tell you whether his standing changes. Not expecting it to alter this week."

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Mark Richt tweet shows Todd Gurley will not play vs. Arkansas

Nick Chubb replaces Todd Gurley with 143 yards

It took about twice the carries that Todd Gurley would normally need, but Georgia freshman running back Nick Chubb led the Bulldogs to a 34-0 rout of Missouri Saturday as the nation’s top running back missed his first game while on indefinite suspension.

Chubb carried 38 times for 143 yards and a touchdown and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo maintained the Bulldogs’ identity as a run-first offense, despite the absence of not only Gurley, but injured running backs Keith Marshall and Sony Michel, as well.

Georgia coach Mark Richt told CBS he asked Chubb before the game how much he carried the ball in high school, and Chubb told him 35 carries. "I told him we might get him that," Richt said.

He did that plus three, and the 5-foot-10, 230-pound power back became more effective as the game wore on.

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Nick Chubb replaces Todd Gurley with 143 yards

Can"t-miss Moments: Top plays of Week 7 in college football

Saturdays during college football season always deliver a bevy of "Can’t-miss Moments." College Football 24/7 is here to make sure you have access to all of the plays fans will be raving about.

Jameis Winston appears to be as loose as ever, despite some heavy news breaking on Friday.

Georgia running back Brendan Douglas will likely remember this touchdown run (or should we say flip?) for some time to come.

Kentucky senior wide receiver Javess Blue put forth quite the effort to haul in this one-handed grab.

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Top college football teams fighting over Evander Holyfield"s son

Normally, it’s not easy for a Georgia high school football player to get the attention of a Pac-12 school. But it doesn’t hurt when your last name is Holyfield.

Elijah Holyfield, the son of former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield and a four-star running back prospect from College Park, Ga., has picked up a scholarship offer from Oregon. It’s far from his first. The 5-foot-10, 195-pounder has also been offered by the likes of Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Ole Miss and more, according to oregonlive.com.

Wisconson showing love #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/znClPfdLwA

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Todd Gurley runs for career-high 208 yards for Georgia

Georgia running back Todd Gurley set an emphatic stamp on his location as college football’s top running back Saturday with a commanding performance against competing Tennessee in a 35-32 Bulldogs win.

He rushed to get a career-high 208 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries. But just as significant as his stat totals was this: when the Bulldogs wanted him most, with Tennessee within three points in the fourth quarter, Gurley was at his absolute finest.

The UGA coaching staff rested Gurley commonly in the middle portion of the sport, giving freshman Sony Michel activity in the very first half and another freshman, Nick Chubb, wide-ranging amount of time in the 2nd half after Michel went out with the injury. The effect was a Gurley who seemed just as unique in the fourth quarter as he did in the very first.

And that is exactly what a fresh Gurley looked like using the match still in doubt:

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Todd Gurley runs for career-high 208 yards for Georgia

Can not-miss Minutes: Top plays of Week 5 in college football

Saturdays during school football season consistently deliver a bevy of "Can Not-miss Moments." College Football 24/7 is here to make sure you’ve access to all the plays fans will be raving about.

Georgia running back Todd Gurley set his hurdling abilities to make use of against Tennessee, jumping over a Volunteers defenseman en route to some huge increase.

Before his high-hurdling trick, Gurley broke this 51-yard run for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a tight match vs. Tennessee.

TCU QB Trevone Boykin has rather an experience on an errant snap, picking up the tumbling pigskin and then throw it to the crossbar of the goal post. Fortunate for TCU, an SMU defensive lineman jumped offside prior to the play began; 5-yard penalty and replay the down. Serious disgrace averted.

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Can not-miss Minutes: Top plays of Week 5 in college football

Purdue leads the way when it comes to NFL wages by school

It Is been a rough few years in the field for Purdue football. As it pertains to the Boilermakers’ success in the NFL, yet, things aren’t bad in any way.

According to the data group at BestTickets.com, Purdue alumni in the league lead the way when it comes to typical yearly wages at $4.43 million for the 2014 season. That is just ahead of Pittsburgh, Texas, Georgia Tech and Ole Miss.

That amount is naturally fostered by New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees, who has a reported wages of just north of $20 million a year. Throw in Super Bowl winner Cliff Avril’s $6.5 million check and it is a rosy picture for the Boilermakers. The website additionally adds that only four of the 13 players in the NFL from the school make significantly less than a million annually.

Some other interesting data on schools as well as the NFL:

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Purdue leads the way when it comes to NFL wages by school

Seven things you need to know from Week 2 CFB action

It was a feel-good week for much of college football in Week 2, as a seemingly endless supply of lopsided matchups provided some of the top programs in the country with more self-esteem than a therapist with a full-length leather couch.

To wit:

» Clemson forgot all about Georgia in beating South Carolina State 73-7.

» Alabama trounced Florida Atlantic 41-0 in just 52:07 of play. A lightning delay that became a lightning cancellation mercifully ended that one.

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