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Georgia appeals Gurley suspension

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October 29, 2014 at 7:43 pm.

Gurley has already missed two games for the No. 11 Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 SEC). Unless he wins his appeal, Gurley will miss Saturday's game against the Florida Gators in Jacksonville and next week's game at Kentucky. He would be eligible to return Nov. 15 against Auburn. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

The NCAA announced Wednesday that Georgia Bulldogs running back Todd Gurley must sit out two more games for accepting more than $3,000 in cash from multiple individuals for autographed memorabilia.

Georgia said it will appeal the decision “immediately.”

According to the NCAA, Gurley received the cash for signing memorabilia and other items over two years and must repay a portion of the money he received to a charity of his choice. He also must complete 40 hours of community service as conditions of his reinstatement.

Gurley has already missed two games for the No. 11 Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 SEC). Unless he wins his appeal, Gurley will miss Saturday’s game against the Florida Gators in Jacksonville and next week’s game at Kentucky. He would be eligible to return Nov. 15 against Auburn.

—Utah senior wide receiver Dres Anderson will miss the remainder of the 2014 season because of a knee injury, according to the school.

Anderson is currently ranked as the No. 14 wide receiver prospect for the 2015 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com and No. 90 prospect overall. He was considered a second day draft pick, but the severity of his injury could push him out of the top 100.

Anderson, a team captain, apparently was injured in the fourth quarter of last week’s 24-21 win over USC.

—When you’re No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings and have only one game left against another ranked team, you’re relying on a lot of help to eventually reach the first ever Final Four, football style.

That’s exactly where Michigan State is after the initial rankings were released Tuesday. The Spartans are the highest-ranked team in the Big Ten, but that doesn’t mean much considering each of the other Power Five conferences has a team rated higher.

The committee is supposed to give extra weight to conference champions, and Michigan State is banking on that being the case. It will need the four SEC teams ahead of it to beat each other up, maybe hope for a loss from Florida State and hope teams like Kansas State, Notre Dame or Georgia don’t run the table and jump ahead. All of this, of course, is assuming the Spartans don’t lose again.

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