News Nuggets, 11.08.03
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The 2003-04 edition of East Carolina'
basketball team will conduct a public workout and hold its annual
Purple-Gold scrimmage inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum prior to
today's Homecoming football game.
Coach Bill Herrion will open up the team's
practice session starting at 11 a.m., with the Purple-Gold contest scheduled
to begin about noon. At the conclusion of the scrimmage, an autograph
session with ECU student-athletes will be held inside the coliseum.
Fans will also have the opportunity to
purchase season basketball tickets and choose their seats. ECU athletic
department representatives will be on hand to answer questions regarding
tickets.
The hoops events are part of the weekend's
Homecoming festivities highlighted by the Pirates' Conference USA football
game against South Florida at 2 p.m.
SEC
makes 11th hour change in tiebreaker
ATLANTA — The Southeastern Conference won't
be embarrassing itself with a vote. If there's a three-way tie in the East,
it will be broken the old-fashioned way - on the field. Well, sort of.
The SEC hastily adopted a new tiebreaking
formula Friday that would use, if needed, the Bowl Championship Series
standings to determine who plays in the league's Dec. 6 title game. During a
conference call, SEC athletic directors unanimously adopted the new rule so
they wouldn't be put in the position of voting on which team SEC East team —
Florida, Georgia or Tennessee — goes to Atlanta.
In the event of a three-way tie, the
highest team in the BCS standings would represent the East, with one caveat.
If the top two teams are within five places of each other in the BCS, the
head-to-head winner would go to the title game.
Army can salvage season starting now
One of the more spirited rivalries in all
of college football is revisited today when Army visits service academy foe
Air Force as the Black Knights begin their quest for the Commander in
Chief's Trophy.
After losing to Navy by a 28-25 margin last
month in Landover, Md., Air Force can only hope to gain a share of the CIC
crown it has owned independently since 1997. A win over Army and a victory
by the Black Knights over Navy next month would forge a three-way tie for
the trophy. Army, meanwhile, will gain at least a share of the crown with a
triumph over the Falcons. Army has dropped six straight verdicts to Air
Force and 13 of the last 14 encounters.
Mired in the throes of a school-record
11-game losing streak, which stands as the longest skid in all of Division
I-A, Army has displayed marked improvement in recent weeks. After losing
their first six games by an average of 23.0 points, the Black Knights have
dropped their last three contests by a total of 25 points.
Army began to show tangible signs of
progress with a rousing rally that ran out of clock in a 38-32 loss to
visiting East Carolina on Oct. 18, followed by a 33-29 defeat at Cincinnati
the following week and last Saturday's 24-9 loss at UAB.
Clemson vs. Florida State TV capsule
ESPN2, 7:45 p.m.
No. 3 Florida State (8-1) at Clemson (5-4)
Opening Line: Florida State by 17.
Series Record: Florida State leads, 14-2.
Last Meeting: 2002, Florida State, 48-31.
WHAT TO WATCH: Florida State can wrap up another ACC title and a Bowl
Championship Series game by beating the Tigers. But if Clemson pulls the
upset, Tommy Bowden will get his first win in five tries against his
father's team. The younger Bowden might be under pressure to keep his job,
and it will take more than a few breaks for Clemson to pull an upset.
Florida State seems simply too talented at almost every position. The
Seminoles have one of the nation's best receiving tandems in Craphonso
Thorpe, a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top
receiver, and P.K. Sam. Also, Florida State is a tough defensive team.
Florida State is second in the nation, allowing 10.8 points per game. They
might be without LB Kendyll Pope, too _ he has missed two straight games due
to a knee injury. The Seminoles' weak spot on offense might be QB Chris Rix
_ who has fantastic numbers, but can be turnover-prone. Clemson QB Charlie
Whitehurst, meanwhile, was benched in last week's 45-17 loss to Wake Forest.
Whitehurst threw for 272 yards, but committed three turnovers.
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Florida State has scored in 194 straight games,
but its offense didn't score in a 13-2 loss to Oklahoma in the 2001 Orange
Bowl. ... Florida State has won 11 straight against Clemson since joining
the ACC in 1992, and is 7-0 all-time at Death Valley. ... The younger
Bowden's career mark of 52-28 is better than his father's 48-32 start.
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