Wofford Releases 2016 Football Schedule BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
Big games are backthis weekend after a boring Week Two of football.
No. 1 Alabama travels to No. 19Ole Miss to face the Rebels in the SEC"s game of the week. Ole Miss has won the last two meetings against the Tide.
Other SEC games of interest include No. 17Texas A&M traveling to the Plains to face Auburn and No. 20LSU hosting Mississippi State.
There are a few big matchups outside of the SEC this weekend. No. 14Oklahoma hosts No. 3Ohio State, No. 2Florida State travels to play No. 10Louisville and No. 12Michigan State plays at No. 18Notre Dame.
SEC SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 17Ohio (1-1) at Tennessee (2-0, 0-0 SEC) 11 a.m. on the SEC NetworkKnoxville, TN Neyland Stadium Vanderbilt (1-1, 0-1 SEC) at Georgia Tech (2-0) 11:30 a.m. on the ACC NetworkAtlanta, GA Bobby Dodd Stadium Alabama (2-0, 0-0 SEC) at Ole Miss (1-1, 0-0 SEC) 2:30 p.m. on CBS Oxford, MS Vaught-Hemingway Stadium East Carolina (2-0) at South Carolina (1-1, 1-1 SEC) 3 p.m. on the SEC Network Columbia, S.C. Williams-Brice Stadium New Mexico State (1-1) at Kentucky (0-2, 0-1 SEC) 3 p.m. on SEC Network Alternate ChannelLexington, KY Commonwealth Stadium Mississippi State (1-1, 1-0 SEC) at LSU (1-1, 0-0 SEC) 6 p.m. on ESPN2 Baton Rouge, LA Tiger Stadium Texas A&M (2-0, 0-0 SEC) at Auburn (1-1, 0-0 SEC) 6 p.m. on ESPN Auburn, AL. Jordan-Hare StadiumNorth Texas (1-1) at Florida (2-0, 1-0 SEC) 6:30 p.m. on ESPNUGainesville, FL Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Steve Spurrier-Florida Field Georgia (2-0, 0-0 SEC) at Missouri (1-1, 0-0 SEC) 6:30 p.m. on the SEC Network Columbia, MO Faurot Stadium / Memorial Stadium Texas State (1-0) at Arkansas (2-0, 0-0 SEC) 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network Alternate ChannelFayetteville, AR Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Breaking News RT reports US Coalition Bombed Syrian Army
The European migrant crisis or European refugee crisis began in 2015, when a rising number of refugees and migrants made the journey to the European Union (EU) to seek asylum, traveling across the Mediterranean Sea or through Southeast Europe. They came from areas such as Western and South Asia, Africa, and the Western Balkans. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the top three nationalities of the over one million Mediterranean Sea arrivals between January 2015 and March 2016 were Syrian (46.7%), Afghan (20.9%) and Iraqi (9.4%). Of the refugees and migrants arriving in Europe by sea in 2015, 58% were men, 17% women and 25% children. The number of deaths at sea rose to record levels in April 2015, when five boats carrying almost 2,000 migrants to Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea, with a combined death toll estimated at more than 1,200 people.
The shipwrecks took place in a context of ongoing conflicts and refugee crises in several Asian and African countries, which increased the total number of forcibly displaced people worldwide at the end of 2014 to almost 60 million, the highest level since World War II. Amid an upsurge in the number of sea arrivals in Italy from Libya in 2014, several European Union governments refused to fund the Italian-run rescue option Operation Mare Nostrum, which was replaced by Frontex"s Operation Triton in November 2014. In the first six months of 2015, Greece overtook Italy as the first EU country of arrival, becoming, in the summer 2015, the starting point of a flow of refugees and migrants moving through Balkan countries to northern European countries, mainly Germany and Sweden. Since April 2015, the European Union has struggled to cope with the crisis, increasing funding for border patrol operations in the Mediterranean, devising plans to fight migrant smuggling, launching Operation Sophia and proposing a new quota system to relocate and resettle asylum seekers among EU states and alleviate the burden on countries on the outer borders of the Union. Individual countries have at times reintroduced border controls within the Schengen Area, and rifts have emerged between countries willing to accept asylum seekers and others trying to discourage their arrival.
According to Eurostat, EU member states received over 1.2 million first time asylum applications in 2015, a number more than double that of the previous year. Four states (Germany, Hungary, Sweden, and Austria) received around two-thirds of the EU"s asylum applications in 2015, with Hungary, Sweden, and Austria being the top recipients of asylum applications per capita. The main countries of citizenship of asylum seekers, accounting for more than half of the total, were Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
10 OFERTAS IMPERDÍVEIS DESTE BATMAN DAY!!! (17/09/2016)
To celebrate DC Entertainment"s annual Batman Day, which began three years ago to honor The Dark Knight"s 75th anniversary, DC Collectibles has put out several stop-motion shorts created with their action figures and, of course, featuring the Caped Crusader.
In the 20-second long "Plan Your Party" short, Batman, who is wearing his armored mech-suit from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, enter an unlit room, and when he turns on the lightswitch, it is revealed that Wonder Woman, Clayface, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, and Catwoman all gathered and quietly hid in the room for a Batman Day suprise party.
In the "Set Your Alert" short, Batgirl is standing next to her motorcyle and watching a police car with its lights on zip by her when she gets a Batman Day reminder on her cellphone.
In the "Spread the Word" short, Batman is flying around Gotham in his Batwing, with an assit from a child"s hand, and a banner appears at the end with Batman Day information written on it.
Now that Batman Day is almost over, let me ask: How did you spend Batman Day? Did you partake in any of the numerous festivities that took place at thousands of comic book retailers, bookstores, schools and libraries across the country?
Khloe K Posted Snapchat Video Of Her Kissing Tristan Thompson
Tristan Thompson and Khlo Kardashian
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By Melody Chiu and Blake Bakkila
09/05/2016 AT 03:05 PM EDT
Khlo Kardashian has a new man in her life, a source exclusively confirms to PEOPLE. The reality star and NBA player Tristan Thompson are casually dating.
"Khlo and Tristan have been seeing each other for a little bit," a source tells PEOPLE. "He"s a really nice, good guy and she seems very happy with him."
Thompson, 25, is originally from Canada, and helped the Cleveland Cavaliers secure their first NBA Championship title in 52 years back in June. And while Kardashian, 32, and Thompson have been spending time together, the source says they are playing the relationship by ear.
"It"s unclear for now if it"s going to turn [into] anything super serious, but for now they"re having a good time together," the source says.
The couple was most recently spotted on a Labor Day weekend getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico over the weekend. Prior to that, TMZ reported that the two were seen at BootSy Bellows nightclub in Beverly Hills, California last week.
RELATED VIDEO: Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna Can"t Wait for You to See "The Real Us" Over the weekend, another source told PEOPLE Kardashian and her basketball player beau were a "mini-thing."
"They like each other and are hanging out," the source said.
Stanford junior Tesay Yusuf and her friends were cheering for the camera at a Cardinal football game recently, but when the image ended up in an advertisement for football ticketson a Stanford Facebook page it turned into a target of hatefulremarks. Along with her Cardinal red shirt, Yusuf was wearing a hijab.
Disgusted, she took to social media herself.
When @Stanford Athletics posts ONE diverse ad of me and my friends at a football game, all h**l breaks loose, Yusuf tweeted over the weekend, including a screenshot of some of the comments.
She wasnt exaggerating. Stanford removed direct threats to Yusuf as well as other hate speech posted in response to the ad, said university spokeswoman Lisa Lapin.
Hey Stanford, take that Muslim (expletive)elsewhere, we dont want to see it,read one of the comments that Stanford took down.
Born in the U.S. to Ethiopian immigrant parents, Yusuf said she was not surprised by the commentary and initially brushed it off, but that she took a stand over the weekend after seeing that the comments continued.
Her post was retweeted nearly 8,000 times, with many people expressing their disgust at the treatment she received.
HELLLLLL NO. This is totally unacceptable. They need to be hauled off of Facebook and planet earth, one person wrote in support of Yusuf.
Yusuf said she thinks her message resonated with people who were shocked that a simple image of students cheering for their team could become fodder for racist commentary and that the comments were made so openly.
People are feeling more comfortable saying these kinds of things, she said, noting that Facebook is not an anonymous forum. People feel like its OK to be blatantly bigoted.
Lapin said Stanford stands behind Yusuf and that the student did not want the photo to be altered or removed.
Everybodys very proud of the way the students are conducting themselves and the courage of this particular student, Lapin said. In a way this has united the community, certainly here.
Yusuf said she hopes her stand will inspire others to be anti-racist to push back against racism and bigotry especially in a tense political climate.
These kinds of things shouldnt be ignored anymore, she said.
IOWA CITY, Iowa - - The University of Iowa announced today a contract extension for head football coach Kirk Ferentz through the 2025 season. The announcement was made by Gary Barta, UI director of athletics. The extension was finalized and signed Tuesday.
Ferentz began his 18th season as Iowa"s head football coach Saturday when the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes defeated Miami University, 45-21. Ferentz"s previous contract extended through the 2019 season.
"I"ve said it many times, I would like Kirk to retire as a Hawkeye, and this contract is a strong statement toward that commitment," said Barta. "Kirk"s dedication to the football program and the University of Iowa has brought national attention and recognition to the Hawkeyes for nearly 20 years.
"Kirk is one of the top coaches in country. His commitment to winning, graduating student-athletes, and doing things the right way is unmatched by any program or coach," added Barta. "There is strong momentum surrounding the Hawkeye football program. Whether it"s on the field, recruiting, academics, facilities, or with his staff, we"re achieving at a high level today, and are well positioned for continued success for years to come."
Ferentz is one of only two coaches in the NCAA"s Football Bowl Subdivision who has been head coach at the same school since the 1999 season, joining Iowa alumnus Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) as the longest tenured head coach in the nation. Ferentz was a Hawkeye assistant coach under Hayden Fry for nine seasons (1981-89).
"I am pleased and proud to continue as head coach of the University of Iowa football team through 2026. It is a tremendous privilege and responsibility to lead the Iowa football program," said Ferentz. "I am extraordinarily proud of our program, our players, and our supportive fans. I appreciate the trust and confidence demonstrated by Athletic DirectorGary Barta and President Bruce Harreld and I look forward to continuing our winning tradition.
"Iowa is home to me, my wife, Mary, and our five children," added Ferentz. "We moved a lot during the early years of coaching, but once we arrived in Iowa City - this quickly became our home. We appreciate and value what it is to be an Iowan and an Iowa Hawkeye."
Among the Iowa football coaching staff defensive coordinator Phil Parker and director of strength and conditioning Chris Doyle -- have been part of the program throughout Ferentz"s tenure. Defensive line coach Reese Morgan has been a member of the staff for 16 seasons.
"Kirk represents what we celebrate in our state and at our university; hard work, relentless pursuit of doing the little things right, and humbleness that allows the success of others to shine through," said Harreld. "His and Mary"s generosity toward our community and state is remarkable, and I look forward to having him lead our program for years to come."
Ferentz"s total annual compensation under the new agreement will be $4,500,000. Ferentz and the members of his staff will also continue to be eligible for bonuses based on performance.
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Ferentz is a four-time winner of the Big Ten Coach of the Year Award, including 2015 when Iowa posted a school-record 12 wins while claiming the Big Ten"s West Division title. Ferentz was the Bobby Dodd, Eddie Robinson, and Woody Hayes national Coach of the Year last season.
Ferentz was Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2002, 2004, and 2009, was named The Associated Press National Coach of the Year in 2002 when Iowa made its first of two appearances in a Bowl Championship Series event. Ferentz holds a record of 128-87 as Iowa"s head coach and ranks seventh all-time in Big Ten coaching victories and eighth in overall wins among Big Ten Conference football coaches.
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Football student-athletes under Ferentz have also performed well in the classroom. Thirteen Hawkeyes have earned Academic All-America recognition under Ferentz, including first team honors on eight occasions. Iowa players have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors on 234 occasions.
The Iowa football program annually ranks above its peers and near the top of the Big Ten Conference in the NCAA"s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. Iowa football reported its all-time high score in the NCAA"s most recent APR report in April.
Ferentz"s 2016 Iowa squad is coming off a 12-2 season that included its first appearance in the Big Ten Championship Game and an appearance in the 2016 Rose Bowl Game, Iowa"s first trip to Pasadena in 25 years. Ferentz has led Iowa to 13 bowl appearances.
Hear what Saban said after Alabama"s thrilling win over Ole Miss
No. 1 Alabama(2-0, 0-0) at No. 19 Ole Miss (1-1, 0-0)
2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (CBS)
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss.
0 Victories in 10 games against the No. 1 team in the AP poll for Ole Miss. The Rebels will be playing a top-ranked Alabama team for the fourth time: The No. 1 Crimson Tide beat Ole Miss 59-35 in 1980, 33-14 in 2012 and 25-0 in 2013. In the Rebels" other games against the top-ranked team, they lost 27-7 to Tennessee in 1956, 14-0 to LSU in 1958, 7-3 to LSU in 1959, 38-14 to Florida in 1994, 41-24 to LSU in 2007, 51-31 to Auburn in 2010 and 42-3 to LSU in 2011. Ole Miss defeated Alabama 23-17 in 2014 when the Crimson Tide was No. 1 in the coaches poll and No. 3 in the AP poll.
1 Opponent has beaten a Nick Saban-coached team in three consecutive seasons. Purdue defeated Saban"s Michigan State teams 22-21 in 1997, 25-24 in 1998 and 52-28 in 1999. Ole Miss hosts Alabama on Saturday and has beaten the Crimson Tide in each of the past two seasons. The Rebels are the third SEC team with an opportunity to defeat Saban in three consecutive seasons. After Florida beat LSU in 2000 and 2001, the Tigers defeated the Gators 36-7 in 2002. After LSU defeated Alabama in 2010 and 2011, the Tide defeated the Tigers 21-17 in 2012. (Alabama also defeated LSU 21-0 in the BCS national-championship game to end the 2011 season.)
3 Interceptions have been returned for touchdowns by Alabama SS Eddie Jackson after he took one back 55 yards against Western Kentucky last week. Jackson tied the Alabama career record for interception-return TDs held by Antonio Langham and C.J. Mosley. It"s also tied for the third-most in SEC history. Jackson moved into a tie for ninth with former Georgia DB Scott Woerner in SEC history for interception-return yards with 303.
6 Consecutive Ole Miss games have featured at least 30 points for the Rebels, tied for the longest such streak in school history. Ole Miss scored at least 30 points in the final four games of 2008 and the first two of 2009 and equaled that with at least 30 points in the final three games of 2012 and the first three of 2013.
7 Consecutive victories for Alabama when playing on the home field of an opponent ranked in the AP poll. The streak started after a 34-28 loss to Auburn in 2013.
8 Opponents have beaten Alabama in at least three consecutive seasons in the past century, with Tennessee owning six such streaks and Auburn having three. Ole Miss enters Saturday"s game having beaten Alabama in each of the past two seasons. The other teams with three-season winning streaks against the Crimson Tide had one apiece Georgia Tech, LSU, Mississippi State, TCU, Tulane and Vanderbilt. Alabama"s most recent losing streaks of at least three straight games ended in the 2008 season, when the Tide defeated LSU for the first time since 2002 and Auburn for the first time since 2001.
8 Consecutive victories for Alabama in games against teams ranked in the AP poll. The Crimson Tide hasn"t fallen to a ranked foe since last year"s 43-37 loss to No. 15 Ole Miss on Sept. 19.
9 Previous Alabama-Ole Miss games have featured two ranked teams, a situation occurring for the fourth straight season. Alabama has a 6-3 record in these games, with two straight losses. The No. 7 Rebels defeated the No. 17 Crimson Tide 48-23 in 1970, the No. 11 Rebels defeated the No. 3 Tide 23-17 in 2014 and the No. 15 Rebels defeated the No. 2 Tide 43-37 in 2015. No. 8 Alabama defeated No. 7 Ole Miss 12-7 in 1964, No. 15 Alabama defeated No. 20 Ole Miss 33-32 in 1969, No. 11 Alabama defeated No. 22 Ole Miss 30-24 in 1999, No. 24 Alabama defeated No. 21 Ole Miss 42-7 in 2002, No. 3 Alabama defeated No. 16 Ole Miss 22-3 in 2009 and No. 1 Alabama defeated No. 21 Ole Miss 25-0 in 2013.
12 Consecutive victories for Alabama when the Crimson Tide opens its SEC schedule on the road. Alabama most recently had an 0-1 conference record after a road game in 1991, when the Tide lost its league opener at Florida. This is only the third time since 2003 that Ole Miss" first SEC contest has been a home game. The Rebels lost the past two times that they opened their conference schedule in Oxford.
12 Consecutive seasons have featured at least 31 points for Alabama in the Crimson Tide"s third game of the year. The most recent season in which Alabama failed to score at least 31 points was 2003, when the Tide defeated Kentucky 27-17 in Game No. 3. Alabama has averaged scoring 45 points per game during the 12-year streak.
14 Consecutive games have been won by Alabama, the longest winning streak in the nation. The Crimson Tide hasn"t lost since falling to Ole Miss 43-37 on Sept. 19.
15 Consecutive games with a TD pass for Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly. Kelly has thrown for at least one TD in every game he"s played in a Rebels" uniform. The school record for consecutive games with a TD pass is 16, established by Eli Manning, starting with the last game of the 2000 season and extending into 2002.
50 Percent as many rushing yards lost by Alabama"s opponents as they have gained this season. The Crimson Tide"s opponents have gained 174 rushing yards in two games. But they"ve also lost exactly half that amount 87 yards on negative plays, giving them a net of 87 rushing yards for the season.
52 Victories and 10 losses for Alabama when playing as the No. 1 team in the AP poll.
63 Previous games have been played between Alabama and Ole Miss, with the Crimson Tide holding a 51-10-2 on-the-field series lead.
77 AP polls have had Alabama in the top spot. The Crimson Tide ranks fifth all-time in No. 1 rankings, with Ohio State first with 105 No. 1 appearances, followed by Oklahoma with 101, Notre Dame with 98 and Southern Cal with 91. Second to Alabama among SEC teams is Florida, with 41 No. 1 rankings, 10th-most all-time. Forty-six of Alabama"s appearances at No. 1 have come in past 124 AP polls after the Tide made 31 appearances at No. 1 in the previous 984.
120 Games have been played by Alabama since the Crimson Tide failed to score in the first half, the longest streak in the nation. On Sept. 29, 2007, Alabama and Florida State headed into halftime tied at 0-0. The Tide has scored in the first half of every game since. Alabama has a 104-16 record during the streak.
134 Consecutive AP polls have included Alabama, the longest current streak. Second on the active list is Florida State at 72 straight polls. The most recent AP poll that did not include Alabama is the final one of the 2007 season. The Crimson Tide"s streak is the ninth longest in the poll"s history and the second longest in SEC history. Nebraska set the record by being ranked in 348 consecutive polls from 1981 through 2002. Florida set the SEC record by being ranked in 209 consecutive polls from 1990 through 2002.
200 Consecutive games without being shut out for Alabama, a school record. Alabama"s most recent shutout loss came 9-0 to Auburn on Nov. 18, 2000.
233 Rushing yards were gained by Wofford in the Terriers" 38-13 loss to Ole Miss last week. That was the most rushing yards yielded by the Rebels since Auburn had 248 in a 35-31 victory over Ole Miss on Nov. 1, 2014.
64,232 Spectators attended last week"s Wofford-Ole Miss game a record for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
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