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The No. 13 West Virginia Mountaineers erased a 19-point second-half deficit to knock off the No. 12 Texas Longhorns in a thriller on Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. But the finish was not without controversy. Trailing by two with less than one second remaining on the clock, the Longhorns dialed up an inbounds play that got Jericho Sims an open look at the rim for a tip-in, but the game-tying attempt fell just short after Sims’ arm appeared to get swatted by a defender. Greg Brown also appeared to get held on the play as he was coming around a screen by Sims, but no foul was called on the play. The full play can be seen in the video below. West Virginia committed about three fouls on this play. Greg Brown was held and Jericho Sims was fouled at the rim. pic.twitter.com/pIu5v18XQS — Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) February 20, 2021 Texas head coach Shaka Smart was not pleased with the no-call and let the officials hear about it after the buzzer sounded. … [Read more...] about WATCH: West Virginia-Texas ends in controversy

In a video call with Nick Saban and his wife Terry Thursday evening, 247Sports Composite five-star quarterback Ty Simpson looked at his future head coach and said ‘I’m going to be wearing this Alabama hat tomorrow.” "Ms. Terry started whistling in excitement." Simpson said. He and his parents were smiling ear to ear. Simpson went public with his plans and indeed donned that hat Friday afternoon during a live broadcast of his commitment on CBS Sports HQ, choosing to play for the defending National Champs over his other finalists in Clemson, Ole Miss and Tennessee. “It was an awesome feeling knowing I’m going to get to play for the great Nick Saban ,” Simpson stated. Saban himself took in Thursday’s scene as chill as one would expect. “Coach Saban said that’s great news and you kind of caught me off guard, we’re very excited and you made a lot of people in Alabama very happy,” said Simpson’s father Jason, who is the head football coach at UT Martin. The … [Read more...] about Five-star QB Ty Simpson commits to Alabama

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians reaffirmed his desire to see more women hired in the NFL as the league opened its fifth annual Women's Careers in Football Forum this week. Arians has promoted increased coaching diversity, making intern Jen Welter the first women coach in the league in 2015 with the Arizona Cardinals and recently winning the Super Bowl with a coaching staff including two female coaches in Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar. The Forum, introduced by Senior Director of Diversity Sam Rapoport in 2017, has helped create 118 opportunities for women in football over the past four years, giving those present the opportunity to network with NFL and college team executives, coaches, general managers and owners. Arians' devotion to gender inclusivity was recognised last year when he was honoured with the Champion for Equality Award by Billie Jean King. "I want many, many voices and I don't want them to sound the same," said Arians. "I wanted them to be … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians eager to see more women employed in NFL

Getty Images The defending Super Bowl champions have made clear their desire to retain as many of their free agents as possible. More recently, coach Bruce Arians has narrowed the objective, without naming names. As noted by JoeBucsFan.com, Arians has said on multiple occasions that the Bucs need to keep “ five out of six ” free agents in order to set the stage for a second Super Bowl run. “For us right now, it’s just keeping this team together,” Arians recently told WDAE radio. “And that’s probably going to eat up most of the salary cap if we can just keep or five or six guys that we want to keep on this football team, and keep the closeness and the accountability factor that we have in the locker room.” Via JoeBucsFan.com, there are eight free agents of significance: linebacker Shaq Barrett , linebacker Lavonte David , receiver Chris Godwin , tight end Rob Gronkowski , receiver Antonio Brown , running back Leonard Fournette , defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh … [Read more...] about Buccaneers are focused on six of their free agents, with the goal of keeping five

Ty Simpson , a five-star quarterback among the top players at his position in the 2022 recruiting class, will announce his college commitment at 3 p.m. EST Friday live on HERE on CBS Sports HQ . Alabama, Clemson, and Tennessee are the top contenders for the Martin (Tenn.) Westview standout , who has gotten almost 40 offers during the course of his recruitment. The 247Sports Crystal Ball was split between Clemson and Alabama as of Thursday afternoon. However, the Crimson Tide have begun to receive multiple predictions to take the edge on the 247Sports Crystal Ball heading into Friday's commitment. Clemson gained the lead between October and late January with the first few predictions. The industry-generated 247Sports Composite rates Simpson as a five-star recruit who is ranked No. 27 overall in the country for the 2022 recruiting class. He is also ranked No. 3 nationally among 2022 pro-style quarterback prospects, as well as No. 2 overall regardless of position in the … [Read more...] about Watch 5-star QB Ty Simpson commit live on CBS Sports HQ