College Sports

Renaldo Gray threw for 232 yards and accounted for two touchdowns as Furman beat Georgia Southern 24-22 on Saturday when the Eagles missed a 33-yard field goal on the game's final play.

It worked. The week-long call to arms by University of Georgia players to the Bulldog Nation for a

Make room, Gardner-Webb. There's another mid-major savoring a win over the big boys. Kyle Hines scored 25 points and UNC-Greensboro dominated the second half against Georgia Tech, handing the Yellow Jackets a stinging 83-74 loss Friday night.

Three freshmen scored in double figures and Georgia scored the first 21 points of the second half to break open a close game and beat Jacksonville State 107-65 on Friday night. Jeremy Price scored 18 points, Chris Barnes had 14 all in the second half and Jeremy Jacob added 13.

Ashley Houts scored 17 points and No. 9 Georgia used a big run starting the second half to win its season opener, 81-53 over Richmond on Friday night. Gainesville native Tasha Humphrey, a third-team All-America each of the last two years, had 13 points and nine rebounds for Georgia.

UNC-Greensboro handed another major-conference school a stunning loss, getting 25 points from Kyle Hines in an 83-74 victory over Georgia Tech on Friday night.

About this time a year ago, Matthew Stafford was a mess of a freshman quarterback. He wasn't always sure where to throw the ball. He was winging it with the play-calling. And his passes kept going to the wrong team. Then suddenly it all clicked.

Georgia Tech entered the season with hopes of returning to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. That goal is now gone, but the Yellow Jackets still look poised for a strong finish to the regular season anyway.

Coming off of their highly hyped triumph over Alabama and former coach Nick Saban, it's now time for No. 2 LSU to face former assistant coach Derek Dooley and Louisiana Tech.