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Ravens CB Marlon Humphrey excited for rematch vs. Bengals in Wild Card playoff game

Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey was noticeably excited about the prospect of playing the Bengals for a second-straight week

The Baltimore Ravens will face the Cincinnati Bengals for the second-straight week, this time in the playoffs for Wild Card Weekend. Baltimore will look to avenge their Week 18 loss to the defending AFC champions, sending them home in the process while they themselves advance to the Divisional Round.

Cornerback Marlon Humphrey told the media after Sunday’s bout that the Ravens are treating this most recent loss as a scrimmage of sorts, and that Baltimore’s familiarity with the Bengals’ offense could pay dividends when it matters most. The two teams will match up for the third time this year, with plenty being picked up by both sides on their opponents.

“It’s kind of exciting,” Humphrey explained of the rematch. “We kind of just studied them, so as Chuck [Clark] said, ‘We just had a scrimmage.’ It was a scrimmage we wish we would have won, obviously, but to play them again, they’re pretty familiar with us, [and] we’re pretty familiar with them. So, it’s just going to be who’s a better team. I think when you play a team three times, the better team should usually show.”

While the Ravens surely could have used momentum from a win as a wind at their back heading into the playoff elimination games, the team seems determined to prove they won’t be an easy out when their chips are down. With their season on the line, Baltimore will look to upset the Bengals on the road this weekend in what should prove to be one of the more compelling games on the AFC Wild Card schedule.

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Marcus Freeman recaps No. 5 Notre Dame’s loss at No. 2 Ohio State

How would you rate Marcus Freeman’s first regular season showing as Notre Dame’s head coach?

It wasn’t quite the storybook finish that Marcus Freeman hoped as he returned to Ohio State as the opposing head coach, but Notre Dame’s new leader had the Irish in a position to have a realistic chance to win the game entering the fourth quarter. Although I’m not a believer in moral victories at Notre Dame, I am a believer in going from really good to truly great taking more than just a day.

There were things to get a bit upset about Saturday night if you’re a Notre Dame fan and things to get excited about in terms of the future. Here is everything Marcus Freeman had to say following the 21-10 loss to the No. 2 Buckeyes.

POST GAME REPORT: Alabama drops its third game of the season in 79-78 loss to Davidson

The Crimson Tide moves to 8-3 on the season.

If you’re an Alabama hoops fanatic, you’re not happy with the outcome of tonight’s game against Davidson in Birmingham.

In the end, it came down to a free throw that would’ve tied the game up at 79 with four seconds remaining in the game. Guard Jahvon Quinerly hit the first shot with ease. The second wouldn’t fall so easily.

Davidson would grab the board and eventually run out the clock when Alabama’s defenders failed to foul for nearly three seconds after the inbound.

And just like that, Alabama went from beating two of the nation’s top teams mere weeks ago to dropping two to opponents that it should’ve beaten.

It wasn’t a horrible night shooting for the Crimson Tide, with 44% of their shots from the field falling. Three-pointers continue to miss for Alabama. They shot at a 33% clip with 36 total attempts from behind the line.

The defense wasn’t great. The Tide allowed 53% shooting, including 50% from three.

Alabama hit six of eight free throws while Davidson didn’t miss on five attempts.

The Tide had a huge advantage on the boards, outrebounding the Wildcats 39-27, including 16 offensive boards.

Jaden Shackelford led all Alabama scorers with 20 points. He also added five rebounds to his stat line. Juwan Gary and Jahvon Quinerly tallied 15 and 13, respectively.

Luka Brajkovic led Davidson in scoring with 22 points. He also led the Wildcats in rebounding with seven.

Alabama needs to do some soul-searching as they prepare for the SEC conference opener on Dec. 29 against No. 19 Tennessee.

The Crimson Tide moves to 9-3 on the season while Davidson will go to 9-2.

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Steph Curry calls his shooting night ‘trash’ after win vs. Lakers

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry said he played ‘like trash’ despite his 21-point triple-double in a win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday.

The Golden State Warriors went to the Staples Center and left with a win Tuesday on the back of a Steph Curry triple-double and Nemanja Bjelica double-double. Despite his stat-sheet stuffing performance, Curry said he played “like trash” after finishing 5-for-21 on the night. Even with his rough shooting display, Curry still contributed 10 assists, 10 rebounds and three steals on the night.

“I played like trash, shot the ball terribly, but if we can win a game like that where we create some good shots and just stuck with it defensively against a good team, that’s a good omen for us,” Curry said.

"I played like trash… but if we can win a game like that, where we created some good shot and stuck with it defensively… that's a good omen for us."

Steph Curry kept it real with @ALaForce after the @warriors opening night victory. #NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/lCygmmz9Ym

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) October 20, 2021

LeBron James and Anthony Davis each put in 33-plus point, 11-rebound nights but the Los Angeles Lakers bench contributed just 29 points in the loss – the Warriors bench, for comparison, put up 55. The Warriors outscored the Lakers 38 to 29 on 63.2% shooting in the fourth quarter, icing the win. If the team can ride shooting performances like that, even when Curry is not necessarily putting the ball in the net like he normally does, they can beat anybody.

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What Indiana HC Archie Miller said about Wisconsin basketball after the game

Head coach Greg Gard and the Wisconsin Badgers improved to 4-1 in conference play last night when they defeated the Indiana Hoosiers

The Wisconsin Badgers improved to 4-1 in conference play last night when they defeated the Indiana Hoosiers 80-73 in double overtime.

Indiana Head Coach Archie Miller had a lot to say about the Badgers after the game, mostly about what they were able to do on the defensive end.

“When you play the best teams in the country, which Wisconsin is, you have to find a way to step up, execute and make some tough plays,” Miller started with. “We didn’t do that when we needed to the most. Give them credit. They made some really good plays at the end of the game.”

The head coach continued to note how the Badgers “don’t give you a lot [defensively] and they’re very tough to pierce the paint with their bigs staying back the majority of the game.”

Miller was then asked about the play of his star Trayce Jackson-Davis in pick-and-roll scenarios and how the Badgers adapted to them as the game moved along.

“I thought [Wisconsin’s] ball screen defense was a little better there late when they didn’t let our guards get all the way down and they didn’t drop as much,” Miller said” They did a little more switching as well to stay in front, and we had our chances to be able to pop it inside a few times when we needed to. But when you look at Trayce [Jackson-Davis], you got 16 field goals in 49 minutes. Usually, he’s going to draw more fouls and get more free throw attempts…I think at the end of the day [Wisconsin] stepped up, they played really tough, they kept the ball in front of them really well with their switches and we weren’t able to get downhill as much…Good teams do that. They adjust, they play all the way through.”

Finally, Miller had some praise for the Badgers in the extra periods—both on the offensive and defensive end of the court.

On Tyler Wahl and his two big-time shots in double overtime:

“Late in the game they took advantage of a couple switches, but the two 3s in the second overtime that realistically broke down our defense kind of cracked the game for them.”

On the Hoosiers’ play at the end of the first overtime which the Badgers were able to successfully stop:

“End of the first overtime we called two timeouts and we drew up a play, the same play twice. We wanted to give Al Durham an opportunity to see if he could clear it out on the left side. I think they must’ve done a good job of keeping him from being able to get by. But we didn’t execute out of the timeouts to be able to keep the spacing. The bottom line is they tied it up.”

With the win, Wisconsin moves to 10-2 on the season and 4-1 in Big Ten play. All eyes now turn to their pivotal matchup against No. 10 Michigan just 4 days from now.

What Wake Forest HC Dave Clawson said about Wisconsin after the game

The Wisconsin Badgers defeated Wake Forest yesterday 42-28 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Head Coach Dave Clawson spoke about Wisconsin football

The Wisconsin Badgers rode a four-interception performance by the defense and a few splash plays on special teams to a 42-28 victory over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons yesterday in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

The win puts the Badgers at 4-3 to finish the year, and even though the team struggled at times as well and missed games due to COVID-19, they finished the season strong and now have momentum to carry into 2021.

When Wake Forest Head Coach Dave Clawson spoke after the game he had nothing but good things to say about the Wisconsin football program and the way they executed on the field yesterday.

“First off congratulations to Wisconsin. Good win for their program,” Clawson said. “Football is usually a game where the team that makes the fewest mistakes wins. They made a lot less mistakes than us, they played much better fundamental football. I’m proud of the way we compete to the very end. I thought our guys battled physically. But we just made too many fatal mistakes to overcome.”

The story of the game was Demon Deacon quarterback Sam Hartman’s four third-quarter interceptions, those coming after the team had only thrown one pick all year.

The Wake Forest coach discussed the turnovers, citing both mistakes from the quarterback and crediting the Badger defense for capitalizing.

“We threw one interception all year,” Clawson said. “I just think we telegraphed some things, I thought [Sam Hartman] held on to targets too long and Wisconsin did a great job of breaking on his eyes and breaking on the arm action.”

His description continued to note his offense’s missed opportunities and how they put the team in a tough spot in the second half.

“We had open guys in the first half that we missed. I thought we should’ve come out of that half up 21-7 or 28-14 and we just missed some plays” Clawson said. “We dropped the ball, we missed open receivers. And Wisconsin is just a steady, consistent program that doesn’t beat themselves. It’s not one thing, they did a great job and we didn’t play well.”

Clawson then had some words on the interceptions relating to the scheme of the plays and what Wisconsin did on defense to counter them.

“They ran a field pressure and our quarterback thought it was man, a man pressure but it was a zone pressure,” Clawson said when talking about Noah Burks’ interception. “They dropped one guy out and the ball just shouldn’t have gone there…We hit that thing earlier against man and we got a nice sideline route to Christian Beal. But that’s not where the ball goes against zone…The other the safety jumped it. We were running slant routes, we threw the ball late and the safety just jumped it. The other two I’ll have to watch closer but just not a good day.”

Here is how the Wake Forest head coach finished his comments on the game and on the Badgers’ performance.

“Credit Wisconsin, but we beat ourselves. They didn’t beat themselves, and that’s what good football teams do.”

Postgame report: Alabama vs. Ole Miss

The Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Ole Miss Rebels, but it wasn’t pretty.

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Ole Miss Rebels, 63-48, on Saturday in Oxford, Mississppi in a very high scoring game.

This was the Tide’s fifth straight time beating the Ole Miss Rebels.

And it was the first time that Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin faced each other as head coached since 2009 when Kiffin was the head coach at Tennessee.

Led by senior quarterback Mac Jones, the Tide had a combined 723 offensive yards. Jones went 28 of 32 passes for 417 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Oct 10, 2020; Oxford, MX, USA; Alabama quarterback Mac Jones (10) drops back to pass against Mississippi at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Kent Gidley via USA TODAY Sports

As for the running game, Alabama moved the ball well, and more often than we’ve seen in previous seasons. Najee Harris carried the team on his back and finished the game with a career high 23 carries for 206 yards and 5 touchdowns. Brian Robinson Jr. also had 10 carries for 76 yards and 1 touchdown as well.

Oct 10, 2020; Oxford, MX, USA; Alabama running back Najee Harris (22) runs the ball against Mississippi at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Kent Gidley via USA TODAY Sports

Also on offense, Jaylen Waddle and DeVonta Smith both put up impressive numbers against the Rebels. emerged as one of the best players of the night once again. Smith finished with 13 receptions for 164 yards and 1 touchdown. Waddle also had 6 carries for 120 yards.

Defensively, Alabama struggled more than they have in a long time. It was a poor defensive performance for the Crimson Tide. Not only did Alabama give up 658 total yards, but they often gave up big plays, and created costly mistakes.

Rebels’ quarterback Matt Corral finished the game going 22 of 29 for 380 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Defense is going to be a major area of growth for the Crimson Tide as they prepare to face the Georgia Bulldogs next weekend in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Oct 10, 2020; Oxford, MX, USA; Ole Miss running back Snoop Conner (24) scores against Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. (31) and Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses (32) at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. Bruce Newman via USA TODAY Sports

All in all, Alabama won the game, but it certainly won’t feel like a win to Nik Saban. Najee Harris and Mac Jones showed consistency and leadership, and led the Tide to a 3-0 start to the season.

Simply put, this was a tough road game for Alabama.

The Crimson Tide has a lot to work on before they face the Georgia Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa next Saturday.

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Alabama-Western Carolina: Postgame report

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts with a finals score of 66-3 to improve to 10-1 on the 2019 regular season. This game was a true test of the Alabama offense without Tua Tagovailoa on the field. Redshirt-Sophomore …

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts with a finals score of 66-3 to improve to 10-1 on the 2019 regular season.

This game was a true test of the Alabama offense without Tua Tagovailoa on the field.

Redshirt-Sophomore quarterback Mac Jones stepped up big time in place of Tagovailoa, completing 10 of 12 pass attempts for 275 yards and three touchdowns, all while not turning the ball over.

The freshman younger brother of Tua, Taulia Tagovailoa, also got to take some snaps at quarterback.

He completed two of three pass attempts for a single touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

The passing attack turned out to be the most successful method of production as the Alabama offense totaled 310 yards and four touchdowns.

Devonta Smith continues to shine in his Junior season and make a strong case for being a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, today he reeled in four receptions for 94 yards and two touchdowns.

Jaylen Waddle also got in on the action as he had three catches for 101 yards and a single touchdown that highlighted his breakaway speed along the sideline.

The running game also proved to be effective as Najee Harris had 14 carries for 66 yards, one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown.

While Harris remains the star of the Alabama backfield, a young face made a strong appearance late in the game.

Freshman Keilan Robinson had eight carries for 92 yards and a touchdown in his brief appearance against the Catamounts.

The defense had another impressive outing as they were able to bring in four interceptions, two a piece for Xavier McKinney and Jared Mayden.

Overall, Western Carolina’s offense was held to 179 yards, 112 in the air and 67 on the ground.

This was a game many anticipated Alabama would walk away with a win, but the true test will be n the Crimson Tide’s final regular season game of the year as they’ll travel to Auburn and take on the Tigers, a game that will have some hefty playoff implications.

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