Florida coach Urban Meyer has been fined $30,000 by the Southeastern Conference for criticizing officials.

Joe Cox knows he’s not the only reason Georgia won’t win the SEC or play in a major bowl this season. The quarterback can’t be blamed for Georgia giving up more points or rushing for fewer yards per game than any team in the Southeastern Conference.

Georgia Tech usually wears white jerseys at home. The Yellow Jackets will have to call a fashion audible for Saturday’s game against Wake Forest.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier doesn’t even want to hear suggestions this year’s Gamecocks might have a late season swoon like the past two years. Spurrier pointed out Tuesday that the Gamecocks are 6-3, which for this year’s team full of young players is pretty good.

South Carolina safety Chris Culliver will miss Saturday’s game against Arkansas. Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said Tuesday that Culliver’s left shoulder is still bothering him. But the coach also said he is angry the junior didn’t report how sore his shoulder was before last Saturday’s game against Tennessee.

Clemson starting tight end Michael Palmer is expected back this week against Florida State after missing the Tigers last game with a concussion.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney expects his team to focus on its next opponent - and not the eventual championship possibilities that could come from beating Florida State.

Florida coach Urban Meyer says Southeastern Conference officials missed a late hit against quarterback Tim Tebow in Saturday’s game against Georgia.

Georgia running back Washaun Ealey says he doesn’t think Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes should be suspended for apparently trying to gouge Ealey’s eyes in Saturday’s game.

Georgia coach Mark Richt isn’t saying if he plans to bench quarterback Joe Cox. Cox was yanked from a 41-17 loss to top-ranked Florida after throwing three interceptions, and Richt declined to say Sunday night if the move is permanent. Sophomore Logan Gray also struggled, throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown.

Florida coach Urban Meyer has suspended Brandon Spikes for the first half of Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt after the star linebacker attempted to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a 41-17 victory. Meyer says Spikes was retaliating after getting his eye poked earlier in the game.

For the second time in three years, the Clayton State Lakers have been selected as the women’s basketball preseason favorite in a poll of the league’s head coaches released today. Clayton State received seven of a possible 12 first-place votes, just edging out defending PBC Champions Francis Marion. Lander was third followed by a tie between GCSU and Columbus State for fourth.

The USC Aiken women’s basketball team was chosen to finish sixth in the 2009-10 Peach Belt Conference Women’s Basketball preseason poll.
The poll of the league’s head coaches was released by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.

Clemson star C.J. Spiller has run his way back into the Heisman Trophy race. Spiller gained 106 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigers’ win over Wake Forest, then followed that with a school-record 310 all-purpose yards in Clemson’s 40-37 overtime victory against Miami last week.

Coming on the heels of back-to-back Elite Eight appearances, the Augusta State Jaguars have been selected the preseason favorite to win the 2009-10 PBC men’s basketball championship in a poll of the league’s head coaches released today. ASU received 10 of a possible 12 first-place votes in the poll for 142 points, 19 ahead of Clayton State. USC Aiken was third in the poll with GCSU fourth and Lander fifth.

WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has the sports updates that affect the Georgia and South Carolina counties of the CSRA.

The picture hangs all over Georgia’s training facility. The Bulldogs get to see it when they’re changing into their uniforms, when they’re lifting weights, when they’re heading off to meetings. Urban Meyer, his hands raised in a T. Timeout, Florida.

Clemson tight end Michael Palmer says he’s feeling good but is not sure he’ll play Saturday against Coastal Carolina. Palmer spoke Tuesday, three days after his concussion on a helmet-to-helmet hit that left him on the field in Clemson’s 40-37 overtime win at Miami.

Police have charged a Connecticut man with the murder of a University of Connecticut football player outside a school-sanctioned dance, but his defense attorney says he was just trying to break up a fight.

The national coordinator of college officials says he generally disapproves of officials being disciplined publicly, but understands why the SEC and Pac-10 recently announced suspensions after high-profile mistakes were made.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is frustrated. He’s tired of the interceptions, the sacks and the red-zone struggles.

Florida coach Urban Meyer says the Southeastern Conference did the right thing in suspending an officiating crew after its second controversial call of the year.

South Carolina defensive tackle Ladi Adjiboye says the No. 23-ranked are on high alert as they prepare for Vanderbilt. The Commodores have back-to-back wins against South Carolina.

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Under Armour has announced Tuesday that they have partnered with the University of South Carolina, the University of Maryland, and the Wounded Warrior Project. Players will wear special uniforms with comouflage striping and numbers on November 14th.

Paul Johnson is not downplaying the importance of Georgia Tech’s win over then-No. 4 Virginia Tech last week, a game quarterback Josh Nesbitt calls the “biggest thing since I have been here.“ Even so, Johnson says the No. 11 Yellow Jackets have every reason to focus on this week’s game at Virginia.

Clemson’s new baseball schedule features 27 games against teams that made the NCAA tournament last spring, including three with rival South Carolina.

A few things have changed since Atlantic Coast Conference “rivals” Clemson and Miami last renewed acquaintances. That tends to happen when four years pass between meetings.

South Carolina career sack leader Eric Norwood is a quarterfinalist for the Lott Trophy given to college football’s defensive impact player of the year.

Alabama coach Nick Saban says his kickers won’t use tape to spot field goals and extra points. South Carolina Steve Spurrier pointed out Leigh Tiffin’s use of the white tape to spot his kicks in last week’s game and reported it to the Southeastern Conference. He said Tiffin quickly put the tape in his pocket after kicking. Saban says Tide coaches have found that more than half of the SEC teams put something such as a piece of grass or mud on the field so the kicker knows where the ball will be spotted.