News Nuggets, 11.23.04
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Brawl scratches bowl trips for Clemson, South Carolina
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COLUMBIA — Clemson and South Carolina
will not accept bowl bids, punishment for players who brawled toward the end
of Saturday's game.
South Carolina athletic director Mike
McGee said Monday that the Gamecocks' actions on the field were not
consistent with the values and ethics of the school.
``This decision will have a significant
financial impact on USC athletics. We will also lose a month of prebowl
practice,'' McGee said. ``It was a decision that had to be made.''
Clemson athletic director Terry Don
Phillips said in a statement the decision isn't fair to the majority of the
players.
``But given the circumstances, I
believe strongly that it is the right decision so that our university, our
student-athletes, supporters and all people that love Clemson know without
question what our values are,'' he said.
Both teams qualified for the postseason
with 6-5 records.
The brawl, which broke out with about
six minutes left in the game, started when Tigers defensive lineman Bobby
Williamson took down South Carolina quarterback Syvelle Newton and appeared
to linger too long on top of him.
South Carolina coach Lou Holtz, in his
last game after a 33-year career, and Clemson coach Tommy Bowden tried to
break up the brawl. Eventually, security and police officers were needed to
restore order. Clemson won 29-7.
McGee said individual suspensions for
players will be forthcoming.
Fox snatches up BCS rights for $320 million
NEW YORK — Fox is adding the Bowl
Championship Series to its high-priced sports lineup.
The network and the BCS announced a
four-year deal worth $320 million Monday that gives Fox the broadcast rights
to the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls from 2007-10 and the national title
game from 2007-09.
In scooping up the BCS, Fox is sticking
with a strategy of banking on big-time sporting events that started when it
landed the NFL 11 years ago. The network recently extended its deal with the
NFL, paying $4.3 billion for the rights to broadcast NFC games through 2011.
In 2000, Fox acquired the exclusive
rights to major league baseball's postseason and All-Star game from 2001-06
for $2.5 billion.
``If you look at the landscape of
television ... it's a very shaky quagmire,'' Fox Sports chairman David Hill
said. ``Big sporting events are the only guarantee there is for advertisers
to find viewers.''
ABC has held the broadcast rights to
the BCS since college football's major conferences implemented the system to
crown a national champion in 1998.
ABC withdrew from the bidding last
week. Network officials said they were unhappy with the new BCS structure,
which added a fifth game. Starting with the 2006 season, the national title
game will be played at the site of either the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar or Rose
Bowls the week after those games.
``I think we were concerned as we went
into the process whether there would be market support for the extra game,''
BCS coordinator and Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg said. ``We were
pleased to find that we had good interest on the part of multiple
networks.''
The deal with Fox cements the new
setup, which increases the number of teams in the BCS from eight to 10.
The BCS considered making the fifth
game a championship game with two teams advancing from the first four bowls,
essentially taking the first step toward a Division I-A playoff. But college
presidents shot down that so-called ``plus-one'' concept -- although there
still was speculation that a TV network would persuade the BCS to adopt that
mini-playoff.
Now that possibility again appears to
be dead, at least until 2010.
``We totally accepted what was being
offered by the BCS,'' Hill said.
The national title game will rotate
among the four bowl games. ABC still holds the rights to the Rose Bowl
through 2014, including the rights to the national title game when it is
played in Pasadena.
ABC paid about $305 million for four
years in its expiring BCS deal.
``This agreement does allow us to have
increased revenue for distribution in our system,'' Weiberg said.
BCS games have been paying out $14-$17
million to the participants. Weiberg said the BCS projects those payouts to
increase during the Fox contract.
Weiberg said all the Division I-A
conferences and Notre Dame were involved in the negotiations.
``I feel very strongly that it is time
to end the talk of BCS and non-BCS conferences,'' he said.
Weiberg said the BCS also drew interest
from sponsor-driven groups, including at least one that would have involved
the College Sports Network.
``That interest says the BCS is
valuable to corporate America and Madison Avenue,'' Fox Sports president Ed
Goren said.
Until now, Fox hasn't been a major
player in college football. The network has had the rights to the Cotton
Bowl since 1999, and its Fox SportsNet affiliates have contracts with the
Big 12 and Pac-10.
The network has no immediate plans to
expand its regular season college football coverage.
Goren said Fox will be looking for
announcers that will give their college football coverage a look and sound
distinct from their other sports.
``We're looking to put together a
production and broadcast team that will be associated with the BCS for many
years to come,'' Goren said.
Bowl
Championship Series rankings
(Through games of Nov. 21,2004)
[Conference USA team, including
future members, and Carolinas teams in bold. ECU opponents in
red. Teams belonging to a conference with no
guaranteed BCS bowl bid in italics.]
Rank/Team
1. Southern California
2. Oklahoma
3. Auburn
4. California
5. Texas
6. Utah
7. Boise State
8. Georgia
9. Miami (FL)
10. Louisville
11. Iowa
12. Michigan
13. Louisiana State
14. Virginia Tech
15. Tennessee
16. Arizona State
17. Virginia
18. Florida State
19. Texas A&M
20. Wisconsin
21. Boston College
22. Oklahoma State
23. West Virginia
24. Texas-El Paso
25. Bowling Green
AP college
basketball poll
The Top 25 teams in The Associated
Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records
through Nov. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote
through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
[Conference USA team, including
future members, and Carolinas teams in bold. East Carolina opponents in
red.]
Rank/Team/(1st place votes)/(Record)/Points/Previous
1. Wake Forest (25) (2-0) 1658 2
2. Kansas (26) (1-0) 1637 1
3. Georgia Tech (11) (1-0) 1585 3
4. Syracuse (4-0) 1549 5
5. Illinois (1) (2-0) 1450 6
6. Oklahoma State (2) (1-0) 1386 7
7. Connecticut (1-0) 1302 8
8. Kentucky (1) (1-0) 1236 9
9. Duke (1-0) 1064 11
10. Michigan State (1-0) 964 13
11. North Carolina (0-1) 934 4
12. Louisville (1-0) 918 14
13. Maryland (1-0) 833 15
14. Mississippi State (4-1) 746 12
15. Texas (1-0) 707 16
16. Pittsburgh) (1-0) 687 17
17. N.C. State (3-0) 576 19
18. Arizona (2-1) 565 10
19. Alabama (2-0) 556 18
20. Wisconsin (1-0) 399 21
21. Notre Dame (1-0) 386 20
22. Washington (1-0) 337 22
23. Florida (1-0) 317 23
24. Gonzaga (2-0) 218 25
25. Memphis (3-1) 213 24
Dropped Out: None.
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 151, Stanford
64, Michigan 64, Providence 40, Charlotte 35,
Oklahoma 25, Southern Illinois 24, Cincinnati 22,
Utah 17, Boston College 14, New Mexico 9, Texas-El Paso 7, East
Tennessee State 6, Santa Clara 5,
Alabama-Birmingham 5, Tennessee 4,
Marquette 3, Rice 3, Nevada-Las Vegas 3, Vermont 3, Air
Force 2, George Washington 2, Indiana 2, Louisiana State 2, Oregon 2,
Davidson 1, DePaul 1, Iowa State 1.
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