College Sports

Georgia coach Mark Richt wanted to make sure everyone had a place to go on Thanksgiving.

``We try to make sure they're with a teammate or somebody,'' Richt said.

It seemed like a textbook example of how to handle losing five players to suspension.

Florida senior safety Tony Joiner could be reinstated as a team captain before Saturday's home finale against rival Florida State.

Georgia Tech never needs extra motivation when playing Georgia, and yet this week there is more driving the players, especially the seniors, than the desire to claim state supremacy. Georgia Tech seniors have been receiving calls and text messages from former teammates with a simple request: Please beat Georgia.

When the play begins, Rennie Curran is usually looking up. At the linemen trying to block him. At the running backs attempting to get past him. Then he brings them all down to size. Georgia's freshman linebacker has been a tackling machine for the sixth-ranked Bulldogs, defying those who thought he wasn't big enough.

Phillip Fulmer isn't ready to do what Lloyd Carr did. The Tennessee coach wants to put the Volunteers on top one more time before he's through.

Chioma Nnamaka went 6-for-12 from 3-point range and scored 22 points to lead Georgia Tech to a 55-46 win over Northwestern Wednesday night.

Alex Galindo had 16 points and 12 rebounds in Florida International's 83-74 win over Kennesaw State on Wednesday night.

Billy Humphrey came off the bench after a one-game suspension to score 18 points in leading Georgia to a 76-65 win over Elon Tuesday night.

Larry Munson, the longtime ``Voice of the Bulldogs,'' will broadcast his first Georgia road game of the season Saturday, but he won't have to go far.