The University of Georgia announced Friday that Tarboro's Todd Gurley will enter the NFL draft this coming spring. Gurley a two time state champion at Tarboro High is projected as the second best running back in the upcoming draft despite finishing the season with a torn ACL knee injury.
Gurley ran for over 3200 yards for Georgia and score 36 touchdowns in less than 30 games played for the Bulldogs. If you remember he missed several games as a sophomore when he sprained his ankle being tackled out of bounds and this year was suspended for taking 3,000 dollars for signed Georgia football gear and then the knee injury. He should be a first round pick if his knee responds to treatment which Georgia announced yesterday as going well.
The University of North Carolina played like a team 6-6 in their bowl game in Detroit on Friday. Rutgers at 7-5 looked as if they wanted to be there and the North Carolina looked like they wished to be some where else.
They found themselves down 40-7 in the fourth quarter but recover two consecutive on side kicks that help make the score more respectable. 40-21. Carolina finishes with a 6-7 record. It was reported on ESPN that the ticket sales of 23,000 was the lowest since Detroit has hosted a bowl game since 1997. There official attendance was 13,000 actually at the game. I would assume the 23,000 was what the teams had to buy and didn't sell.
On the other side of the spectrum N C State was the underdog to UCF and was glad to be in a bowl game after a 3-9 record last season. The Pack tried a couple of trick plays during the game and played inspired when Carolina just played.
From the second quarter on State dominated UCF until the final five minutes and the Pack wins their eight game of the season 34-27 over UCF
Jacoby Brissette was named games MVP passing for 255 yards but the Pack running game helped the Pack Pull away to a 34-13 lead in the fourth quarter.
Haven't heard the attendance figures yet for this game but there was surely more folks at this one with UCF campus only 110 miles away but still no where close to a sellout.
Duke gets into the bowl action today in the Sun Bowl in El Paso. Game time is 2pm.
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NCUS and UNC two mediocre programs. Weak bowl games with weak teams. UNC's uninspired play does not speak well for Fedora. NCSU fortunate to get into a bowl due to weak non-conference schedule.
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