Jeff Hart

Gainesville's Tasha Humphrey scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Georgia remained unbeaten by downing Prairie View 78-44 Friday night in the opening round of the Junkanoo Jam.

The Gwinnett Gladiators snapped a two game losing skid with a 5-3 win over the South Carolina Stingrays at the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday night.

Steve Spurrier came to South Carolina to make history. With his match against cross-state rival No. 21 Clemson looming, the coach is in line for one milestone he didn't bargain for. Should the Gamecocks' four-game losing streak continue Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium, it would give Spurrier more consecutive losses than he's ever had in his coaching career.

Joe Kennedy, a journeyman left-hander who pitched for three major league teams last season, died at his in-laws' home Friday. He was 28.

LSU's national title hopes were crushed by a Heisman-worthy performance. Darren McFadden rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another to lift Arkansas to a 50-48, three-overtime victory over the top-ranked Tigers on Friday.

Mississippi State scored 17 straight points in the fourth quarter, capped by Adam Carlson's 48-yard field goal with 18 seconds left, to beat rival Mississippi 17-14 on Friday and probably lock up the school's first bowl bid since 2000.

Vanderbilt is still just a game away from bowl eligibility. Entering their final game of the season, the Commodores already have blown one chance at a winning record and a possible bowl invitation after three straight losses. But Saturday's visit by Wake Forest will give Vanderbilt one more shot.

Who says college football doesn't have playoff games? The way Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge looks at it, the 19th-ranked Volunteers have been in the playoffs for weeks. To Ainge and the rest of the Volunteers, Saturday's game against Kentucky is just another step in a playoff march that began more than a month ago.

While most people associated with Gwinnett County football think about Parkview and Brookwood, another cross-county rivalry is starting to rise to the top. When North Gwinnett travels to Brookwood Friday night in the second round of the Class AAAAA state playoffs, the two teams will be playing for the third time in just over 12 months.