Police: Woods, wife unavailable for interview
WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — The mystery over Tiger Woods' car crash intensified Saturday when his agent called state troopers on their way to Woods' house and asked them to wait another day before speaking to him. It was the second straight day Woods was unavailable to talk. His wife told troopers on Friday afternoon, after the world's No. 1 golfer had been treated and released from a hospital, that he was sleeping and asked that they return Saturday.
Concussion expected to sideline Roethlisberger
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will miss Sunday night's game at Baltimore because of a concussion, an unforeseen development that forces the inexperienced Dennis Dixon to start one of the Super Bowl champions' biggest games this season. Dixon, the former Oregon star, has spent most of the season as the No. 3 quarterback running the Steelers' scout team during practice. He has thrown only one NFL pass in two seasons, but must play because both Roethlisberger and backup Charlie Batch were hurt during a 27-24 overtime loss to Kansas City last week.
Stanford beats Notre Dame in Weis' possible finale
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Toby Gerhart turned what could be Charlie Weis' final game as Notre Dame coach into his own Heisman Trophy infomercial. Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three scores, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass and scored the game-winning touchdown with 59 seconds left to help Stanford hand Weis and the Fighting Irish a fourth straight loss to end the regular season, 45-38 Saturday night.
Georgia runs past No. 7 Georgia Tech 30-24
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia came out running and never slowed down. When it was done, the Bulldogs had a huge upset that took some of the sting out of their disappointing season, while the Atlantic Coast Conference was left with a huge letdown for a championship game.
AP Source: Iverson retirement may be brief
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Allen Iverson is talking about a comeback. And the Philadelphia 76ers are at least discussing the idea of bringing back their former franchise superstar. A person with knowledge of the talks says the Sixers have been approached about signing the recently retired guard, and team management has held internal discussions about bringing Iverson back.
Tebow shines on senior day, Gators beat FSU again
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow's eye black is waterproof. His perfect season is starting to look shatterproof.
Bowden says he wants time to think about next year
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Bobby Bowden wants to do some "soul-searching" before deciding if he wants to coach Florida State in 2010. Bowden and the Seminoles lost Saturday 37-10 to top-ranked Florida, ending the regular season with their sixth consecutive loss in the heated rivalry.
LSU survives Arkansas comeback bid, 33-30 in OT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Les Miles trotted to the edge of the boisterous student section at Tiger Stadium, pumping his fist in triumph. LSU's embattled coach was one week removed and a world away from the Tigers' late-game debacle at Mississippi.
Hall throws TD in OT, BYU beats Utah 26-23
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Max Hall threw a 25-yard touchdown pass in overtime to Andrew George to give No. 18 BYU a 26-23 win over 22nd-ranked Utah for the Cougars' third victory in four years in the in-state rivalry. Hall found George open for a quick dump-off over the middle and George had nobody between him and the goal line, hugging the ball with both hands as he went for the winning score for the Cougars (10-2, 7-1 Mountain West).
No. 4 TCU wraps up 12-0 season, waits for BCS bid
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Bring on any opponent for TCU. The undefeated Horned Frogs are going to bust into the BCS for the first time. The only question left is where are they headed and who will they play. "We can play with anybody," coach Gary Patterson said after TCU wrapped its first undefeated regular season in 71 years. "We're going to look forward to the challenge, we'll find out what that's going to be and we're going to get ready for it. ... This team can play with a lot of people, and not just this year."
