Bowl game ends with a brawl
True freshman Will Rogers scored his first rushing touchdown of the season and had a 13-yard TD pass to lead Mississippi State past No. 22 Tulsa 28-26 on Thursday in the Armed Forces Bowl, which ended in a massive brawl.
Minutes after the game ended following an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Mississippi State on a late onside kick as Tulsa tried to make a comeback, the teams became involved in a large melee on the field. Tulsa coach Greg Montgomery said sophomore safety Kendarin Ray, who was helped off the field after being at the bottom of a dogpile during a second scrum, was treated for “some sort of concussion.”
“I’m not sure what exactly caused that,” Mississippi State coach Mike Leach said. “It was something before the game, too. We’ve never had any problem with that the entire season, so I can only guess without seeing the film.”
Montgomery said: “The one thing I’ll say is our program, our guys, we’re a team that are going to stand up for each other and we’re going to battle. We talk about faith, family, football and family’s going to take care of family. We’re a team that has battled all year long. We battled again today. From that standpoint, our guys are going to continue to protect each other and go from there.” Antonio Phillips returned an early interception 53 yards for a touchdown, Drew Plitt accounted for two scores and Ball State beat short-handed No .19 San Jose State 34-13 in the Arizona BowlonThursday. SanJose State (7-1, No .22 CF P) had to play without its two coordinator sand Mountain West Conference player of the year Cade Hall due to COVID-19 and other issues. ... Reserve quarterback Austin Kendall threw a 20-yard touch down pass to T. J. Simmons with 5:10 left and West Virginia held off Army 24-21 on Thursday in the Liberty Bowl. Army (9-3) had a chance to tie it with 1:50 left, but Quinn Maretzki’ s 39- yard field goal was wide left.
College basketball: Micah Potter had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 6Wisconsintoa71-59victory over No. 21 Minnesota on Thursday. The Gophers scored a season-low 22 points in the first half with a brutal shooting performance before the Badgers opened the second half on a 16-5 run. Potter added the exclamation point with a dunk off a pick-androll fromD’Mitrik Trice that put Wisconsin up45-27.
NFL: Cardinals safety Chris Banjo will not play Sunday after being placed on the reserve/COVID19 list. The decision by the team Thursday comes with the Cardinals set to play at the Rams in a regular-season finale and two playoff berths potentially on the line. The Cardinals need a win to get in. The Rams need a win or a loss by the Bears.