There was a time, not all that long ago, when watching your favorite show meant planting yourself on your couch at some predetermined time; when hitching a ride with a complete stranger driving a 1993 Honda Civic with an industrial-strength air freshener hanging where the rearview mirror used to be would've seemed dangerous; when paying $36 for a guy to bring you a beef-and-cheese burrito and a 48-ounce Mountain Dew Baja Blast was little more than some madman's fever dream.

But thankfully, times have changed. Brave geniuses have disrupted the marketplace, leveled sacred institutions, upended our expectations of what our lives can be.

And so it is that the age of the disruptors has come for college football, too.

There's Lane Kiffin, who has been thumbing his nose at the powers-that-be, ruffling feathers and breaking the system since a time when we didn't call people like him "disruptors." Kiffin has forced his way into the most sacred corridors of power over the years, but he has done it as much through trolling coaches on social media as he has by actually beating them. But on Saturday, Kiffin's Ole Miss team killed one of the last true giants of the old guard, delivering a withering defensive performance that bruised, battered and confounded Georgia in a 28-10 Rebels win.

There's Deion Sanders, so often viewed as a sideshow to the staid old guard who believed, like fools, that you had to leave your office to recruit and needed five functional offensive linemen to run an offense. Coach Prime has taken the hollowed-out husk of a program and, in less than two seasons, built Colorado into a legitimate playoff contender, one that held off Texas Tech 41-27 on Saturday to assume a command position in the crowded Big 12.

There's Curt Cignetti, overlooked for years as little more than an FCS coach who has won a few games, a cute story hardly worthy of manning the Big Ten sidelines traversed by legends like Tim Beckman, Chris Ash or Darrell Hazell. In Week 11, Cignetti's Indiana moved to 10-0, thwarting defending champion Michigan 20-15.

Kiffin, Prime, Cignetti -- they're not supposed to be here. For two decades, from Urban Meyer to Nick Saban to Kirby Smart, the blueprint for success at this level was clear. Coaches who won did it the old-fashioned way, ruling with an iron fist, refusing to give an inch in the quest for greatness, tormenting Jimbo Fisher for laughs. Even the few divergences from that blueprint at least had the roots of their DNA in a classical approach to team building, be it Dabo Swinney's rah-rah optimism or Jim Harbaugh's investment in a squirrelly underling wearing a fake mustache to steal signals.

But these guys are showing us a new path forward.

Kiffin has invested in the transfer portal like a tech bro buying crypto, stocking a once talent-bereft roster of upstarts with enough stars that Saturday's win over Georgia barely registers as an upset. Ole Miss has been as explosive as anyone in college football this year, save a loss to Kentucky that we're now fairly certain was just something we dreamed after eating some expired ham. Should we be surprised that Jaxson Dart out-dueled a flailing Carson Beck, who has been handing out interceptions like Oprah giving away cars? Is it a shock that the Ole Miss defense contained Georgia's top skill players like Cash Jones, Dillon Bell and Lawson Luckie? Georgia's depth chart reads like the cast of a teen drama. Meanwhile, Kiffin's running wildcat with his 325-pound defensive lineman just because he can.

Kiffin's disruptive impact on Ole Miss has been so profound that the Rebels' students have even changed the game for goal-post removal.

They got both of them https://t.co/JmMxUkGqIM

Oxford Police Dept (@OxfordPolice) November 10, 2024

If Kiffin is the OG of disruptors, however, Coach Prime is running the game today.

When he arrived in Boulder, the premise looked simple: Sanders would coach his two boys, be the center of attention at all turns, and if he won a few games, all the better. When Oregon's Dan Lanning lambasted Colorado as a team playing for clicks rather than wins last year, it felt like an appropriate measure of Prime's priorities. And yet, here are the Buffs at 7-2, a mercenary group of transfers who other coaches dismissed as chasing NIL but who've emerged as arguably the hottest team in the country.

Shedeur Sanders threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Texas Tech Red Raiders, while Travis Hunter caught nine balls for 99 yards and a touchdown, all with his pants loaded down by tortillas.

Travis Hunter just picked up a Tortilla on the field and put it in his pants

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Never mind that Colorado has little interest in running the football. Put Coach Prime, his son and Hunter on a field, spread the ball around to a deep cast of receivers, and offer to repost a clip of the officiating crew's side project as a barbershop quartet in exchange for a few soft calls, and the recipe comes out perfectly. And speaking of perfect recipes, try grilling a nice carne asada and pairing it with pickled onions and some fresh tortillas from Hunter's pants.

And perhaps no one has done the impossible better than Cignetti. From 2021 through 2023, Michigan was 26-1 in Big Ten play. In that same time frame, Indiana was 3-24 against Big Ten competition.

But because Cignetti cares not about precedent, the Hoosiers were a 14.5-point favorite Saturday, and while they didn't cover, they did walk away with a 10-0 record, the first 10-win season in school history. Kurtis Rourke threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns and the defense held Michigan to just 206 yards in the game, the defense had eight pass breakups, and the Hoosiers made Michigan look utterly lost (which, to be fair, is not uncommon for Michigan this year).

Indiana is now in position to reach the Big Ten title game and, likely a playoff bid, despite finishing 3-9 last year, starting a QB who transferred from the MAC and a head coach that brought a handful of starters from a Sun Belt team, which begs the question of why Big Ten football looks so hard for Lincoln Riley.

It's true, of course, that delivery apps rarely turn a profit, and the biggest disruptors are also often megalomaniacs who are more style than substance, so perhaps it's still a bit early to laud the conquests of college football's new money.

But that's the real takeaway from these disruptors -- in Week 11, in 2024. Things we didn't dream of just a few months ago -- a 10-0 Indiana, a playoff-bound Colorado, an Ole Miss team capable of delivering a potentially fatal dagger to Georgia -- aren't just possible. They're reality.

Who knows what comes next? The fate of a college football season, which for so much of the past two decades felt entirely predictable, now has myriad loose threads, dozens of potential realities, countless options for us to see something genuinely new and innovative and different.

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Down goes Miami | Ewers hunts Gators
Oregon handles business | Gamecocks roll again | Vibe shifts
Impressive turnarounds | Heisman five | Under the radar

Down goes Miami

In a rematch of last year's miserable loss to Georgia Tech, the clock finally ran out on Miami's undefeated season. The Canes fumbled their way through the first three quarters, and the ultimate 28-23 defeat must've felt like taking a knee to the gut.

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It's the second year in a row Georgia Tech has delivered a dagger to Miami, and again, this year's game turned on a late fumble when the Canes were simply trying to do too much. In this case, Cam Ward engineered one of his patented scrambles, hoping for something to open downfield, only to be caught from behind by Jordan van den Berg, coughing up the football down five with just 1:32 to play. Haynes King then converted a late third down, allowing Georgia Tech to kneel out the clock. Miami's Mario Cristobal, certain that must be against the rules, challenged the play, but the officials assured him it is perfectly acceptable to take a knee to ensure a win.

Georgia Tech fans then stormed the field and tore down both goalposts, ultimately dumping them into the water, which is different from how this many engineers typically celebrate a big victory -- with nachos at Dave & Busters before getting back to the office to code for a while.

#GaTech's goal posts have found their resting place.

So did Miami's hopes of going undefeated pic.twitter.com/fJoOBzvDTA

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Miami had made a habit of falling behind big this season, but because Ward is a Jedi and the ACC review center is still using a 17-inch Zenith with a bunny ear antenna, the Canes were consistently able to escape trouble and emerge with a win. That luck ran out against the Yellow Jackets, who ran for 271 yards although their top three running backs were out with injuries, and chewed up enough clock to keep Ward sidelined for long stretches. The maligned Miami D simply couldn't get off the field -- the Jackets were 9-of-14 on third down -- and Ward and the offense couldn't stay on the field (1-of-4 on fourth-down tries).

Georgia Tech, on the other hand, has made a habit of spoiling seasons for good teams. Since Brent Key became head coach before Week 5 in 2022, he's 6-5 against AP-ranked foes, the most such wins by any ACC coach in that span (and more than all but nine coaches nationally), all while Georgia Tech was unranked.

Ewers hunts Gators

Texas QB Quinn Ewers put on a clinic in a 49-17 win over Florida on Saturday, throwing for 333 yards and five touchdowns and giving the crowd what it really wanted -- a fourth quarter featuring Arch Manning.

Ewers had his best game of the season, averaging better than 12 yards per throw, while the Horns' ground game rumbled for 210 yards and nearly 7 per touch.

For the Gators, it was a dismal performance that comes just days after head coach Billy Napier was given assurances he'd return in 2025, forcing AD Scott Stricklin to amend his previous support by adding, "Wait, no, you didn't let us finish. What we were trying to say was Billy will be returning ... his office keys, company car and that copy of Tom Petty's 'Greatest Hits' I loaned him," and indeed the job search begins shortly.

Ducks continue march to Big Ten title game

Since slumbering through the first two weeks of the season, Oregon has since become an unrelenting machine tasked only with delivering misery.

On Saturday, the Ducks demolished Maryland 39-18, as Dillon Gabriel threw three touchdowns and the D scored three takeaways in the win. Oregon is now 7-0 in Big Ten play, putting the Ducks one-quarter of the way to Maryland's total Big Ten wins since joining the conference in 2014.

Oregon's remaining schedule includes a trip to Wisconsin and a home game with former Pac-12 rival Washington. Neither figure to be much of an obstacle between the Ducks and their long, angry march toward a conference title. The bigger question may be whether it will be Indiana as the last team standing in their way or if Ohio State will get a rematch after losing by a point last month in Eugene.

Gamecocks roll again

Every guy has that one buddy who exists simply as an agent of chaos. He probably stole a police car in college, brought fireworks to your kid's baptism and once referred to a hand grenade as "fishing gear." He is the initiating force between five of your funniest stories and a dozen of your saddest.

In college football, this role is now being played by Shane Beamer.

South Carolina has no certifiable identity in 2024 beyond simply wrecking things. Each week, Beamer's team is like letting a group of beavers loose in a Hobby Lobby. You have no idea what will happen, but it's bound to be interesting. One week the Gamecocks are getting trounced by Ole Miss. The next, they're taking Alabama to the wire. The next, they're upending a top-10 Texas A&M. And on Saturday, they went to Nashville, became the first program in college football to make Diego Pavia sad, and walked away with a 28-7 win over Vanderbilt.

Is LaNorris Sellers a good quarterback? Who cares? Pass rushers bounce off him like he's wearing one of those inflatable sumo wrestler suits. So what if the Gamecocks have only one real playmaker at the skill positions. "Rocket" Sanders racked up 178 yards and three touchdowns against Vandy, and if you said he also recorded a country version of "Sandstorm" afterward to celebrate the win, that'd be entirely believable. And the Gamecocks' defense is so ridiculously frustrating, Hugh Freeze sent it a "thank you" note for trying to convince Pavia not to come back to college football for another year.

South Carolina is bowl eligible now, which surely means some poor team is going to lose the ReliaQuest Bowl after coughing up four safeties and a 98-yard touchdown run by Sellers in which he steamrolls all 11 defenders and two hot-dog vendors en route to the end zone.

South Carolina makes no sense, is palpably dangerous, and is willing to buy Jager shots for everyone who shows up to its Week 14 showdown with Clemson. It's a thing of beauty.

Week 11 vibe check

Each week, big upsets and shocking results reshuffle the top 25, but there are more subtle changes in the college football landscape that we track here.

Trending down: Cyclones' Big 12 title hopes

Two weeks ago, Iowa State was undefeated and lingering around the top 10. Now, the Cyclones' Big 12 hopes are on life support, their spot in the top 25 is likely doomed and they've slipped into Texas' old role as the Big 12 favorite who just lost to a bad Kansas team. Somewhere, Charlie Strong is nodding approvingly.

Kansas earned win No. 3 on the season with a 45-36 win over the Cyclones in Week 11 behind 116 yards and two touchdowns by Devin Neal. Kansas led 38-13 late in the third quarter, but Rocco Becht led a furious comeback attempt, finishing with 383 passing yards and three touchdowns, although it was too little, too late.

The Jayhawks, who opened the season in the top 25, started the year 1-5, with four losses by six points or less, but they've now won two of three -- a two-point loss to Kansas State in between -- and get a crack at the top two teams in the conference (BYU in Week 12, Colorado in Week 13) with a chance to be the ultimate spoiler.

Trending down: Multiple drives in a quarter

Army got QB Bryson Daily back from injury for Week 11, and the offense responded by delivering the most undeniably perfect drive of the season.

Up 7-3 midway through the third quarter over North Texas, Army drove 94 yards on 21 plays -- 12 of which went for 4 yards or less -- that lasted an astonishing 13 minutes, 54 seconds. Including a time out and a penalty, enough time passed before the Knights cashed in the drive for a touchdown that the players on the field for the entirety of the drive actually fulfilled their active duty requirements, and Daily was promoted to master sergeant after converting a third-and-3 early in the fourth quarter.

Baily finished with 36 carries for 153 yards and two touchdowns in the win. For the game, Army held the ball for 41:45, and most of North Texas' offense left early to grab some BBQ.

Trending down: Gundy apologies

Last week, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy apologized for calling fans "weak" amid criticism of a winless season in Big 12 play.

Unfortunately, scuttling that controversy with a sincerely worded apology inspired by a fortune cookie he had once read wasn't enough to turn the Pokes' fortunes on the field. TCU stormed Oklahoma State 38-13, dropping the Cowboys to 0-7 in Big 12 play.

Trending up: Touchdown records

Jeremiah Smith caught six balls for 87 yards in Ohio State's 45-0 win over Purdue, including a 17-yard touchdown that set the Buckeyes' TD record for freshmen, topping Cris Carter (and all he did, according to Buddy Ryan, was catch touchdowns).

Record reception

Jeremiah Smith's 9th TD grab of the season breaks a tie with Cris Carter for the most by an @OhioStateFB true freshman.#B1GFootball on @CFBONFOX pic.twitter.com/s6UDp0l3oS

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The Buckeyes were dominant, throwing for 260 yards, rushing for 173, holding Purdue to 206 total yards and nabbing two takeaways. Will Howard threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth in the win.

The Boilermakers fall to 1-8 and 0-6 in Big Ten play, and it's the fourth time this season they've lost by at least 35 points. In the playoff era, the only other teams with four 35-point losses in their first nine games of the year are 2019 Rutgers and three different Kansas teams (2015, 2016, 2020). The last time a team lost five games in a season by at least 35 points was 2022 Colorado, so the lesson here is clear. All Purdue needs to do is hire Deion Sanders, turn over two-thirds of its roster, sign Travis Hunter and -- boom -- the Boilers will be above average by 2026.

Trending down: Running the ball

Cal QB Fernando Mendoza completed 30 passes in Saturday's win against Wake Forest -- in the first half! That's more than 95 different teams have completed in a full game this year. Mendoza finished 40-of-56 for 385 yards and two touchdowns in the 46-36 Bears win, taking advantage of the fact that Wake Forest's pass defense is actually just two scarecrows in the end zone and a sternly worded email insisting the other team stop throwing so much.

Trending up: Maalik Magic

Duke is now 7-3 after knocking off NC State 29-19 on Saturday behind 245 passing yards and three total touchdowns from QB Maalik Murphy.

The Blue Devils won despite mustering just 31 yards on the ground thanks in large part to another dominant defensive performance by Manny Diaz's crew. Duke held the Wolfpack to just 268 yards of offense, forced two turnovers, recorded a safety and stifled NC State in the red zone, where six drives inside Duke's 20 resulted in a touchdown, four field goals and a missed kick.

After the game, Duke students celebrated by learning for the first time that football season was still happening even though Cooper Flagg had already started playing.

Don't look now, but ...

Just because a team ends September riding an ugly losing streak with a highlight tape scored to "Yakety Sax" doesn't mean it's incapable of finishing on a high note (unless that team is Florida State). Indeed, a number of schools we wrote off after a rough start have engineered impressive turnarounds as we head into the season's final stretch.

UCLA Bruins

After a 1-5 start to the season in which the Bruins failed to crack 17 points in any game, DeShaun Foster's crew embraced its new Big Ten identity and learned how to win without an actual offense. On Friday, UCLA pulled out Brian Ferentz's old playbook to upend Iowa 20-17 in a game that included six turnovers, a 57-yard field goal and a season-low rushing tally from Kaleb Johnson (49 yards on 18 carries). After winning 19 games while scoring 20 or less in the four-team playoff era, Iowa is now 0-4 when failing to crack 20 this year. The Hawkeyes are like when Eddie Murphy decided in the mid-'80s he was going to be a singer, too, and started doing videos with Rick James and hasn't been nearly as funny since. Never forget what got you to the top, Iowa.

UCLA, meanwhile, has now won three straight, all against Big Ten teams that entered their matchup with a winning record. It's the first time in at least 20 years that a team with a losing record before each contest beat three straight Power 5 opponents with a winning record.

New Mexico Lobos

Perhaps no coaching job has been less appreciated than what Bronco Mendenhall has managed with the Lobos. Mendenhall had to completely rebuild a roster that added 43 new scholarship players -- including 17 after spring ball -- and lost its first four games of the year, including the opener to FCS Montana State. But New Mexico has turned a corner and has now won four of six after upending San Diego State 21-16 on Friday night behind 173 yards and two touchdowns from Eli Sanders. The Lobos are still likely a long shot for a bowl bid, but for a program that hasn't won more than four games in a year since 2016, anything that doesn't involve the quarterback playing with his hand stuck in a Pringles can feels like a massive step forward.

Jacksonville State Gamecocks

Rich Rodriguez's crew opened the year 0-3 but has reeled off six straight victories, including a rollicking 44-37 overtime win against Louisiana Tech on Saturday.

Tre Stewart ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns, Cam Vaughn caught seven passes for 130 yards and two scores, and the Gamecocks moved to 5-0 in Conference USA.

Rodriguez is now 15-6 since JSU moved up to FBS, including an 11-2 mark in conference play. Meanwhile, Michigan just texted him with a "Hey, U Up?" note and is willing to suggest maybe it was as much to blame for their breakup as Rich Rod was.

Miami RedHawks

Last year's MAC champions opened the year 1-4, with their lone win coming against lowly UMass by 3. But the RedHawks figured things out, and they've now won four straight, including a 27-21 victory over Ball State on Tuesday. Miami is again tied atop the MAC (4-1 in conference play), which is enough to warrant overlooking the slow start and the fact that its mascot is using an umbrella and a poncho to avoid getting wet.

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In fairness, the strange old man who sold Miami the RedHawk costume did warn them not to get it wet or feed it after midnight. Western Kentucky ignored that advice, and now snipers with tranquilizer guns have to monitor Big Red at all times.

Heisman five

It's largely a four-man race, though Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe and Quinn Ewers may be making a late run at things. Still, not much changed in Week 11 in our rankings.

1. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty

In the past two weeks, Jeanty was held to just 91 yards on 30 carries without a touchdown in the first halves of games, thanks in large part to defenses putting 26 defenders in the box. This week, Jeanty found his groove again, rushing for 93 yards and a touchdown on Boise State's first two drives. Jeanty finished with 34 carries for 209 yards and three scores. It was his fourth 200-yard rushing performance of the season and his fifth three-touchdown game. Jeanty needs just 266 yards on the ground the rest of the season to crack 2,000 on the year. Assuming Boise State plays for a Mountain West championship and a bowl or playoff game, he would need to average 179 yards per game the rest of the way to top Barry Sanders' single-season record.

2. Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter

Hunter caught nine balls for 99 yards, including a nifty touchdown run on a wide receiver screen, while also helping stifle the Texas Tech pass game and running a small Mexican restaurant in his pants. Next week, he'll be aiming to top 100 receiving yards and while making a nice paella in his helmet.

3. Miami QB Cam Ward

The Canes' defense finally cost Miami a game, as Georgia Tech dominated the clock and ran for 271 yards. Still, Miami had a chance to win, but for once, Ward's magic wore off, and he fumbled deep in his own territory, allowing the Yellow Jackets to secure the game. Still, Ward was solid, throwing for 348 yards and three touchdowns, but as many QBs before him have noted, there is no amount of magic that can overcome Miami doing Miami things.

4. Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel

Gabriel only averaged 5.3 yards-per-pass and yet he still threw for three TDs in a blowout win. Gabriel is clearly positioned well to make a run at the Heisman, but the Big Ten doesn't seem to be offering him enough of a challenge to really pad out the stats. He should be able to go play a few series for Oklahoma again after he finishes his games, just to make it a bit more fair.

5. Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke

Rourke threw two TD passes in Saturday's win over Michigan, and through 11 weeks, he's second in the country in Total QBR (88.6), fourth in completion percentage (71.8%) and he's one of just two QBs (along with Dart) averaging a first down per throw. He's also asserted himself as the most successful QB in Indiana program history, passing the previous title holder, a coat rack with a Hoosiers jersey hanging on it.

Under-the-radar play of the week

Prior to Saturday, Cade Klubnik's elusiveness had been limited to coming up with increasingly lame excuses for why he couldn't make it to Dabo Swinney's weekly "Grey's Anatomy" watch parties. But against Virginia Tech, Klubnik took it to the next level.

Klubnik finished the game with 241 total yards and three touchdowns as Clemson upended Virginia Tech 24-14, but unless he can convince Swinney that he's the lead in his theater troupe's reimagining of "Cats" that night, he's on the hook to bring a casserole for this week's episode and should refer to his coach as "Swinney McDreamy" throughout the evening.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Ever since Bronny James was selected No. 55 by the Los Angeles Lakers back in June, the organization planned for Saturday's start to the South Bay Lakers' season.

While South Bay's 110-96 win over the Salt Lake City Stars at the franchise's practice facility couldn't match the aura of NBA opening night at Crypto.com Arena, the time the 20-year-old guard spends developing in the G League will arguably be more crucial to his development.

It took James just 43 seconds for him to score his first G League bucket -- canning a 17-foot jumper along the baseline.

"I was just getting a bucket," Bronny said after the game. "It got to me and I just ... yeah. I didn't miss."

He finished with 6 points on 2-for-9 shooting (0-for-4 from 3), 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 5 turnovers in 31 minutes -- loosely mirroring his production as a freshman at USC (4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists) and during the Lakers' preseason (4.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists).

Lakers two-way guard Quincy Olivari, who led South Bay with 28 points and assisted on Bronny's first basket, credited the rookie's performance, despite the relatively pedestrian statistical line.

"I was just happy to see him get out there and show the world that he can play," Olivari said. "I think I'm a big advocate on pushing that he's a great basketball player, and that the criticism he gets is unfair."

South Bay coach Zach Guthrie, hired in the offseason to replace Dane Johnson, pointed to Bronny's defense as a bright spot.

"I think he did a great job dictating on the ball," Guthrie said. "He played great, he played unselfishly, he played within the flow of the game. And I thought, like all our guards, we defended at a high level. We talked about dictating. They weren't comfortable in their offense."

The outsized attention that being the son of LeBron James has generated for the rookie thus far -- "We want Bronny!" chants are already a nightly occurrence during Lakers road games this season -- followed him to South Bay. His gold No. 9 Lakers uniform with "James Jr." on the back was the only jersey on sale at the team shop. And when the South Bay starters were introduced by the public address announcer, Bronny was saved for last -- a distinction normally reserved for a team's star.

Not to mention, Lakers coach JJ Redick, Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka and teammates Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell all showing up in courtside seats, joining his parents - LeBron and Savannah - and his younger sister, Zhuri.

"It's one of the great stories in basketball," Salt Lake coach Steve Wojciechowski said. "When you see him out there, it's exciting. It's exciting for the G League and it brings eyeballs to our league. And we have one of the best leagues in the world. Maybe the third best league in the world after the NBA and EuroLeague. And it's really the future stars of the game. His story is bringing attention not just to South Bay, but the league in general and for the guys who play in the league."

South Bay sold out the game -- around 700 tickets -- after just five sellouts in 24 home games last season.

"I've seen all the buzz from me going to the G," Bronny said. "It's just an amazing experience for me to go out and play my game and get some minutes under me. I'm just excited for it."

Bronny will be with the Lakers on Sunday for their game against the Toronto Raptors. South Bay's next game is Friday on the road against the Santa Cruz Warriors. They play again in El Segundo next Sunday against the Stockton Kings.

Joey Buss, South Bay's president and CEO, said Bronny's schedule going forward -- shuffling between the Lakers and the G League -- is not set in stone.

"That's going to be fluid," Buss told ESPN. "We're going to do what's best for his development. There's going to be a lot of things that we do for all the assignment players and decisions are made based off where they are, based off the injury status, based off how many bodies they need for practice. There's a lot of variables. So, nothing unique for Bronny. He's just kind of in that system."

SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs star Victor Wembanyama couldn't believe it.

"Really? I've never made six 3s in a game?" he asked.

Wembanyama shook off his 3-point shooting slump in a major way Saturday, connecting on a career-high six 3-pointers, in addition to producing his second game this season with seven blocks in San Antonio's 111-110 loss to the Utah Jazz.

Wembanyama was 6-of-9 from deep and 8-of-15 from the field.

"He made shots that he's missed earlier [this season]," Spurs interim coach Mitch Johnson said. "So, there's not a reaction either way. He's a phenomenal shooter. We want him shooting all those shots."

Wembanyama, 21, obliged by dropping a game-high 24 points to go with 16 rebounds. The performance marked Wembanyama's third career game with at least five 3-pointers and five blocks, tying Kristaps Porzingis for the second most in NBA history, behind Raef LaFrentz, who had four.

Wembanyama also became the second player in league history with six 3s and seven blocks in a game, joining Brook Lopez, who did it in 2017. Wembanyama now has two of the three instances in NBA history of a player scoring at least 20 points with 15 rebounds, 5 blocks and 5 3-pointers, with Paul Millsap in 2016 providing the other.

"I don't think there's really a corner to be turned," Wembanyama said. "That's not how progression goes. I'm not going to be shooting 66% in my career. But I'm also not going to be shooting 25%. This is how progression goes. You don't want to react one way or the other."

In just his second season, Wembanyama has produced 13 career games with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks, which already registers as third most in Spurs franchise history behind David Robinson (117) and Tim Duncan (74). It's also the most in a player's first two seasons since 1999, when Duncan produced 14 such performances.

Wembanyama entered Saturday having shot just 13-of-41 from 3-point range over his previous five games. But after a 2-for-9 performance from beyond the arc during a loss Tuesday to the Clippers, Wembanyama insisted his mindset wouldn't change.

"It's just to keep playing my game, and my game consists of shooting 3s, too," he said.

Wembanyama showcased as much early, firing a 25-footer off a Harrison Barnes assist for San Antonio's first points. The Frenchman hit 2-of-3 from 3-point range in the first quarter, including a 26-foot step-back jumper with 32.7 seconds left, on the way to draining four 3s in the first half, matching his career high for a half.

The Spurs attempted a franchise-record 28 3-pointers in the first half.

On defense, Wembanyama logged multiple blocks in a quarter for the 75th and 76th time, recording two in the first quarter and four more in the fourth. His 76 multiple-block quarters rank No. 1 in the NBA since last season. Since 1997-98, Robinson and Duncan are the only Spurs with more multiple-block quarters (208 and 595, respectively) than Wembanyama.

Wembanyama also became the second Spurs player to average at least 3.5 blocks through the first 10 games of a season, joining Robinson, who accomplished the feat five times in his Hall of Fame career.

Wembanyama posted his first block just 39 seconds in, swatting away a Walker Kessler 17-footer. He logged another block with 7:20 remaining in the opening quarter, this time on Collin Sexton as he attempted a midrange jumper.

"My rhythm's there for sure," Wembanyama said. "But there's so much more to be gained. It's just a matter of how well we can combine everything together. Once we combine it all, it's great. But it's about how often we can do it, and this is how we can keep piling up wins."

Saturday's game marked fourth-year forward Devin Vassell's season debut. Vassell finished with 21 points off the bench on 8-of-13 shooting, including 3-of-6 from 3-point range, with three rebounds and four assists. Vassell had sat out the team's first nine games recovering from right foot surgery in June.

The team's second-leading scorer last season, Vassell hadn't played a regular-season game since March 29.

"It felt great to be back out there, but I've just got to get acquainted back playing with everybody," Vassell said. "These are people I didn't play with in training camp. I didn't practice or nothing. We're still so many games in. But truthfully, I'm just glad I'm back playing, and we're starting to turn in the right direction. I can tell you that. I just wish we would've gotten this one."

Bobby Allison, founder of racing's "Alabama Gang" and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86.

NASCAR released a statement from Allison's family that said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina. A cause of death wasn't given, but Allison had been in declining health for years.

Allison moved to fourth on NASCAR's Cup Series victory list last month when chairman Jim France recognized him as the winner of the Meyers Brothers Memorial at Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina in 1971. The sanctioning body updated its record books to reflect the decision, giving Allison 85 wins and moving him out of a tie with Darrell Waltrip.

France and longtime NASCAR executive Mike Helton presented Allison with a plaque commemorating the victory. With it, Allison trails only fellow Hall of Famers Richard Petty (200), David Pearson (105) and Jeff Gordon (93) in Cup wins.

Allison was inducted into NASCAR's second Hall of Fame class in 2011. He was the 1983 NASCAR champion, finished second in the series title race five times and won the Daytona 500 three times.

"Bobby was the ultimate fan's driver," Allison's family said in a statement. "He thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his fans and would stop to sign autographs and have conversations with them everywhere he went. He was a dedicated family man and friend, and a devout Catholic."

He helped put NASCAR on the map with more than his driving. His infamous fight with Cale Yarborough in the closing laps of the 1979 Daytona 500 served as one of the sport's defining moments.

"Cale went to beating on my fist with his nose," Allison has said repeatedly, often using that phrase to describe the fight. "Cale understands like I do that it really was a benefit to the interest of racing. It proves that we were sincere."

Born in Miami in 1937, Allison started searching for more racing opportunities outside the Sunshine State. He landed in central Alabama, where he found a number of small, dirt tracks.

He returned to Florida to get brother Donnie and close friend Red Farmer. They set up shop in Hueytown, Alabama, and dominated regional races throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. They were later joined in the Alabama Gang by Jimmy Mears, Neil Bonnett and Bonnett's and Allison's sons Davey and Clifford.

Allison retired in 1988 following a crash that nearly killed him. In June 1987, he wrecked on the opening lap at Talladega Superspeedway. He hit the outside wall and then got T-boned in the driver's side door. He was initially declared dead upon reaching a local hospital but was later resuscitated.

He eventually regained his memory, relearned everyday activities and attempted a comeback. But a series of tragedies led Allison to retire. His son, Clifford, was fatally injured during a crash in practice for the second-tier Busch Series at Michigan International Speedway in 1992. A year later, son Davey was killed in a helicopter crash at Talladega.

Three years after that, Bobby and wife Judy divorced. They reconnected four years later at their daughter-in-law's wedding and were remarried in 2000. They remained together until Judy's death in 2015.

Allison was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1992 and into the NASCAR Hall of Fame along with Ned Jarrett, Bud Moore, Pearson and Lee Petty.

"Bobby Allison personified the term 'racer,'" France said in statement. "Though he is best known as one of the winningest drivers in NASCAR Cup Series history, his impact on the sport extends far beyond the record books.

Allison is one of 10 drivers to have won NASCAR's career "grand slam" that includes the Cup Series' most iconic races: the Daytona 500, the Winston 500, the Coca-Cola 600 and the Southern 500.

Allison made six IndyCar Series starts for Roger Penske, including a pair of Indy 500s.

OXFORD, Miss. -- Jaxson Dart threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Antwane Wells Jr. in the third quarter, and No. 16 Mississippi shut down No. 2 Georgia for a 28-10 victory on Saturday.

Caden Davis kicked five field goals as Mississippi (8-2, 4-2 SEC, No. 16 CFP) earned its third consecutive win. Ulysses Bentley IV had a 9-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

A rain-soaked Ole Miss student section stormed the field with 16 seconds left, leading to a delay. The scene was repeated after Dart's kneel-down closed it out.

Georgia (7-2, 5-2, No. 3 CFP) scored on a 2-yard run by Nate Frazier early in the first quarter. But Mississippi quickly grabbed control from there.

After the opening series, Ole Miss recorded five sacks and nine tackles for loss, forced four fumbles and intercepted a Carson Beck pass. Jared Ivey and Princely Umanmielen had two sacks apiece and linebackers TJ Dottery and Chris Paul Jr. combined for 19 tackles.

Bentley's TD run tied it at 7, and Davis connected from 23, 43 and 53 yards to make it 16-7 at the break.

After Peyton Woodring kicked a 23-yard field goal for Georgia, Dart finished an eight-play, 75-yard drive when he found Wells for the TD.

Dart was 13-of-22 passing for 199 yards with an interception. He also rushed for 50 yards as the Rebels finished with 397 total yards.

Davis converted field goals of 24 and 32 yards in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

Georgia lost for the second time in a regular season since 2020. The Bulldogs are 1-2 against ranked teams on the road after defeating Texas 30-15 in October.

Beck was 20-of-31 passing for 186 yards. Georgia was limited to 245 yards of total offense.

Antoine Dupont marked his return to international XVs with a dominant victory over Eddie Jones' Japan to open France's Autumn Nations Series.

Dupont, who won Olympic gold with the France sevens team in July, was playing his first game in international XVs since his side's devastating home World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa last October.

Having spent 2024 focusing on sevens, the former World Player of the Year played 66 minutes and looked sharp throughout, having a second-half try ruled out.

In a dominant first half, wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey crossed for two tries, with fellow 21-year-old Emilien Gailleton also scoring.

After flanker Alexandre Roumat grabbed the third try, returning star Dupont combined with Peato Mauvaka to send the hooker over.

Prop Jean-Baptiste Gros powered over for a score, while La Rochelle's Paul Boudehent crossed twice in a clinical performance.

Jones' Japan, who recently were hammered by New Zealand in Yokohama, showed massive improvement in the second period and scored tries through fly-half Harumichi Tatekawa and replacement Tevita Tatafu.

Fabien Galthie's side will now face New Zealand in a rematch of the opening game of last autumn's World Cup next Saturday.

Elsewhere, Argentina provided a timely reminder to Friday's opponents Ireland that they cannot be taken lightly after a 50-18 victory over Italy in Udine.

Fly-half Tomas Albornoz, who plays his club rugby in Italy at Benetton, scored 20 points to guide the Pumas to their biggest victory over their Six Nations opponents.

Matt Freese had three saves in a nine-round shootout and Mitja Ilenic scored the winner as New York City FC beatFC Cincinnati 6-5 on Saturday after the two clubs dueled to a scoreless draw in regulation of the rubber match in the best-of-three first-round series.

No. 6 seed NYCFC eliminates third-seeded Cincinnati and will host the rival and seventh-seeded New York Red Bulls in an Eastern Conference semifinal Hudson River derby.

Freese had four saves in regulation in his third postseason start for NYCFC. He saved shots in the shootout from Pavel Bucha, Gerardo Valenzuela and Teenage Hadebe.

His opposite number, Cincinnati's Roman Celentano, who had one save in regulation, saved shots by NYCFC captain Thiago Martins and Kevin O'Toole with the match on the line, but he couldn't stop Ilenic. It was Celentano's ninth career postseason start -- all with Cincinnati.

Freese made one other start in the playoffs -- in 2021 when he filled in for the Philadelphia Union's Andre Blake who was out with COVID-19.

Cincinnati beat NYCFC 1-0 in the opener at home before losing 3-1 on the road in the second match.

Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Tim Weah's first-half goal for Juventus in a 2-0 derby win over Torino on Saturday marked the United States international's third goal in four Serie A matches.

Weah, who also scored recently against Inter Milan and Parma, was in the right spot to redirect in a rebound of a shot from Andrea Cambiaso.

Weah's father, former Ballon d'Or winner George Weah, was watching from the stands. Tim Weah had another potential goal waved off for a handball.

Kenan Yildiz sealed it for Juventus with a crouching header late in the second half.

"I am happy with Kenan's goal. We must insist with him on attacking the box, closing the far post," Juventus head coach Thiago Motta said. "Timothy is doing very well; in the defensive phase they had an excellent game together with Dusan [Vlahovic] and Teun [Koopmeiners].

"It was not easy ... They can still improve a lot," Motta added.

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

Juventus moved up to third, level on points with second-placed Inter Milan, which hosts league leader Napoli on Sunday.

Arne Slot admitted his concern at Trent Alexander-Arnold limping out of Liverpool's 2-0 win against Aston Villa with a suspected hamstring injury after just 25 minutes, saying that it is "always serious if a player goes off in the first-half."

Goals from Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah sealed the win, which moved Liverpool five points clear at the top of the Premier League heading into the international break, but Alexander-Arnold's injury cast a shadow over the victory.

The England defender sat on the turf and signalled to the bench that he was in discomfort and, despite undergoing treatment for three minutes, left the pitch clutching his right hamstring before being replaced by substitute Conor Bradley.

And while Liverpool boss Slot stopped short of ruling Alexander-Arnold out of England's Nations League games against Greece and the Republic of Ireland next week, he said that the 26-year-old's reaction to the injury was "not a good sign."

"It's difficult to say how serious it is, but it's always serious if a player goes off in the first-half," Slot told reporters. "He asked for it -- it wasn't because he was tired, but he felt something.

"That's not a good sign, but it's always difficult so close after a game to say how it is. I would be surprised if he is OK for the national team at the end of this week, but hopefully he can be."

Liverpool have won 15 of 17 games under Slot since his appointment as successor to Jurgen Klopp this summer and they sit top of the Premier League and Champions League tables.

But with home games against Real Madrid and Manchester City within the space of five days to come after the international break, Slot warned that Liverpool must remain focused and expect their rivals to compete to catch them.

"Every game is a big week against strong teams in big competitions," he said. "But we hope we have many more of these weeks to come.

"If I look at the games that are ahead they are tough. It will be a tough season in general. Margins are small, we have a margin but it is small. Many challenges to come for us.

"It's a long season and we have to continue to be at the top of our games as City, Arsenal and Chelsea can win as many as we have.

"It is never going to be easy but will push as much as we can."

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida men's basketball coach Todd Golden acknowledged an ongoing school inquiry Saturday and said he was considering "defamation claims," presumably against his accusers.

"For the last month, I have actively participated in and respected the confidentiality of an ongoing school inquiry," Golden said in a statement posted on X. "I have recently engaged [attorney] Ken Turkel to advise me on my ability to bring defamation claims while this confidential investigation is ongoing.

"My family and I appreciate the support we have received and remain confident the university will continue its efforts to finish its review promptly."

Golden's statement came one day after the Independent Florida Alligator reported the university was investigating Golden for allegations of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking and cyberstalking multiple women, including students.

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According to the student-run newspaper, the claims include unwanted sexual advances on Instagram, requesting sexual favors and sending photos and videos of his genitalia. The newspaper based its report on a Title IX complaint filed against Golden on Sept. 27.

Golden led Florida's on-campus practice Saturday in preparation for Monday night's home game against Grambling State. Golden was expected to coach the 21st-ranked Gators (2-0) in that one.

The Associated Press requested a copy of the complaint from the university. Under federal law, schools cannot comment on or even confirm any Title IX inquiries, complaints or investigations.

On more than one occasion, the paper said, Golden allegedly took photos of women walking or driving and sent those pictures to the subjects involved. Alleged stalking incidents also included Golden, a married father of two young boys, showing up to locations where he knew the women would be.

Golden, 39, signed a two-year contract extension in March that included a $1 million raise and brought his annual salary to $4 million. The deal puts Golden under contract through 2030.

Golden is 42-29 in two-plus seasons in Gainesville and has his deepest and most talented roster in his three years.

This is the third set of serious allegations against a head coach during athletic director Scott Stricklin's eight-year tenure.

Stricklin allowed women's basketball coach Cam Newbauer to resign in 2021 amid allegations he verbally, physically and mentally abused players and staff members. Newbauer received a $283,250 buyout that was paid in installments.

Less than a year later, Stricklin fired women's soccer coach Tony Amato amid an investigation into the coach's comments and behavior regarding the eating habits and body shapes of players. Amato was fired without cause one year into a six-year contract, leaving the Gators on the hook for roughly $1.125 million.

Stricklin also has been under fire for two NCAA investigations: the first one in 2020 landed the Gators on probation for the first time in 30 years and led to a show cause for then-football coach Dan Mullen; the second one involved former quarterback signee Jaden Rashada and a failed name, image and likeness worth nearly $14 million. Rashada is now suing Florida football coach Billy Napier and a prominent booster.