Colleges

Bowls included in ban on mascots

By wire services
Published September 21, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA is requiring bowl games to ban the "hostile" or "abusive" use of American Indian nicknames, mascots and logos beginning next year.

On Tuesday, the NCAA announced it is extending its prohibition to include bowl games. The decision was made after Bowl Championship Series officials sought a ruling after determining it could not impose the prohibition, NCAA spokesman Bob Williams said.

Only one Division I-A school, Illinois, will be affected.

ALABAMA: The Crimson Tide has completed its 2006 schedule with a matchup against Duke and set up future games with Penn State and Georgia Tech. Next season's nonconference schedule also includes visits from Hawaii, Louisiana-Monroe and Florida International. The Tide will play host to Penn State on Sept. 11, 2010 and visit the Nittany Lions in 2011. Alabama's home game with Georgia Tech will be in 2012 with a visit to Atlanta in 2014.

KENTUCKY: President Lee Todd expressed dismay about the Wildcats' poor performance in a 38-14 loss at Indiana. After a meeting of trustees, Todd acknowledged Kentucky's struggles with injuries and said he would attend most of the remaining eight games "to keep an eye on them and see what kind of progress we're making." He offered no assurances about coach Rich Brooks, who is 7-19 in his third season. UK (1-2) faces Florida on Saturday.

MARYLAND: After consecutive losses, coach Ralph Friedgen promoted freshman Jared Gaither to starting left tackle and moved Derek Millerto to tight end. He says starting tailback Mario Merrills will compete with Lance Ball for the job, and will shorten practices to ease the workload for a defense that has yielded 38 fourth-quarter points the past two weeks.

NORTH CAROLINA: Linebacker Doug Justice will miss the rest of the season after breaking his foot last week. A fifth-year player, Justice finishes his career with 205 tackles. Junior Victory Worsle replaces him.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Coach Steve Spurrier is making changes for Saturday's game against Troy, including starting redshirt freshman Sidney Rice at receiver and moving freshman receiver Carlos Thomas to cornerback.

POSSIBLE GAME MOVES: The approach of Hurricane Rita has teams near the Texas Gulf Coast considering schedule changes. Texas A&M officials said they would decide today whether to move Saturday's game against Texas State to Thursday. Houston was contemplating options for its game against Southern Mississippi, and Rice was discussing moving its game against Navy to late next month.

GOLF: The Florida men overcame a 12-stroke deficit on the final day of the Inverness Invitational to win in Toledo, Ohio. UF's Matt Every won the individual title, totaling par-213. ... The USF men tied for sixth in the Reynolds Plantation Classic in Macon, Ga., shooting 889. Southern Miss won with 861. Tyler Hitchcock shot 219 and tied for 24th. The USF women finished fourth with 929 at the Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup in Louisville, Ky. Daniella Ronderos shot 225 and tied for sixth. Georgia State won with 894.

VOLLEYBALL: Host Saint Leo posted its best hitting percentage of the year, .352, and defeated Webber International University 30-23, 30-26 and 30-23. Jessica Lynn of Brandon had 42 assists.

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