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Did You Wake Up a Champ?
What a WILD day in college football..
Stomping Ground Sports
December 08, 2024
When you see the slate of college football conference championships, there are always so many thoughts. Can this team REALLY win it? Is this team legit? What underdog is going to pull it off? You never really know until it’s all said and done, until the clock strikes zero, until the fat lady sings. We’ll break down all the big games from yesterday, plus give you all the news you may have missed while watching college football.
Today’s Trivia🧠
Which NFL team has been the biggest disappointment so far this year? |
(answer at the bottom of the Stump!)
On This Day…
🏀 On this day in 2022, American basketball player Brittany Griner is released by Russian authorities in a prisoner exchange.
Griner spent 10 months in a Russian prison after being detained on drug smuggling charged in February of 2022.
Today’s Stump Story…
🏈 Who’s Waking Up a Champion?
All the fuss the last couple of days has been surrounding College Football Conference Championship, and rightfully so. It’s now came and gone, but we’ll get you all champions below!
Big 12 Championship: Arizona State 45-Iowa State 19. The Sun Devils pull off the worst-to-first dream season! ASU was picked to finish LAST in the conference this year once again, but the boys from Tempe did not care for the hate. Led by Sam Leavitt and Cam Skattebo, ASU punched their ticket into the CFP. The Sun Devils woke up this morning as champions.
MAC Championship: Ohio 38-Miami (OH) 3. There’s nothing like the MAC. It was an underdog’s dream come true for Ohio, as 4-year starting QB Parker Navarro led the Bobcats to a 10-3 record and a 2024 MAC Championship. Miami scored first and took a 3-0 lead, but it was all Ohio from there. The Ohio Bobcats woke up this morning as champions.
SEC Championship: Georgia 22-Texas 19. Nothing to talk about here. Not at all. Other than the fact that the backup QB came in at halftime, rallied the Georgia Bulldogs, and led them to victory. Gunnar Stockton is never going to have to purchase a beverage in the great state of Georgia again. I have a feeling this is not the last time we’ll see these two squaring off this year. The Georgia Bulldogs woke up this morning as champions.
Sun Belt Championship: Marshall 31-Louisiana 3. It was all Marshall, all night long. The Thundering Herd got out to a 17-3 lead going into halftime, and Louisiana couldn’t manage to muster any points beyond that. Marshall was led by their QB, Braylon Baxton, who accounted for more than 250 yards. The Marshall Thundering Herd woke up this morning as champions.
Big Ten Championship: Oregon 45-Penn State 37. For most of the first half, it looked like Oregon was in firm control of this ball game, but Penn State kept fighting back. There were multiple times where this game was two, even three possessions in Oregon’s favor, but the Nittany Lions never gave up. Oregon won the conference in their first year of membership and remains the only undefeated team in the country. The Oregon Ducks woke up this morning as champions.
ACC Championship: Clemson 34-SMU 31. It was a battle of nutrition in Charlotte as SMU fell behind BIG early but managed to come alllll the way back against a very experienced Clemson team. In the end, Clemson nailed a 56-yard walk-off field goal to clinch a berth in the College Football Playoff. Now we must wait and see if SMU did enough to get themselves into the playoff without the automatic bid. The Clemson Tigers woke up this morning as champions.
Quick Hitters
⛳️ In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a golf tournament going on right now. The Hero World Challenge, which only has the top 20 players in the world, heads into it’s final day. Here’s the leaderboard going into the championship Sunday:
Justin Thomas (USA): -17
Scottie Scheffler (USA): -16
Ton Kim (South Korea): -15 (shot 10-under yesterday)
Keegan Bradley (USA): -13
Sahith Theegala / Akshay Bhatia (USA): -12
⚾️ The San Francisco Giants and Shortstop Willy Adames are in agreement on a seven-year, $182M contract. This is the largest contract in Giants history. This is the first move by new Giants President of Baseball Ops, Buster Posey. The previous highest contract in Giants History? Buster Posey’s $167M contract during his time playing in San Fran. His first signing broke his own record.
⚽️ MLS Cup: The Los Angeles Galaxy are MLS Champions once again! With that win, the Galaxy have won their sixth MLS Cup. It was an incredible season fueled by head coach Greg Vanney and General Manager Will Kuntz in their first year with the club. The Galaxy were unbeaten in their home stadium this year, and once again sit atop the American soccer kingdom.
⛷️ World Cup and Olympic Champion Lindsey Vonn competed for the first time yesterday since she unretired. Vonn finished a modest 24th-place and 27th-place in her two races, but finishing the race at the top of the leaderboard wasn’t necessarily the goal. Vonn was simply trying to check off two boxes: get used to the speed again, and earn enough points to get back on the World Cup Circuit. Both goals, she completed successfully.
Other News:
Top Performers:
🏀 Evan Mobley (CLE): 41 points, 10 rebounds, W
🏈 Cam Skattebo (ASU): 170 yards rushing, 3 total TDs
🏈 Dillion Gabriel (ORE): 283 yards, 4 TDs
🤯 Nikola Jokic (DEN): 56 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists
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Today’s Slate
*All times are ET*
🏈 NFL: 1:00 Window: Jags vs Titans, Jets vs Miami, Falcons vs Vikings, Saints vs Giants, Panthers vs Eagles, Browns vs Steelers, Raiders vs Buccaneers ; 4:00 Window: Seahawks vs Cardinals, Bills vs Rams, Bears vs Niners ; Sunday Night Football: Chargers vs Chiefs, full schedule
🏀 NBA: Sixers vs Bulls (1:00 PM), Bucks vs Nets (3:30 PM), Nuggets vs Hawks (6:00 PM), Cavs vs Heat (6:00 PM), Suns vs Magic (6:30 PM), Timberwolves vs Warriors (8:30 PM), Rockets vs Clippers (9:00 PM), full schedule
🏀 CBB (M): Maryland vs (8) Purdue (12:00 PM), (1) Kansas vs Missouri (1:00 PM), (22) Texas A&M vs Texas Tech (3:00 PM), (25) UConn @ Texas (5:00 PM), (9) Duke @ Louisville (6:00 PM), UCLA @ (12) Oregon (6:00 PM), full schedule
🏀 CBB (W): (21) Illinois vs (12) Ohio State (4:00 PM), (3) South Carolina vs (9) LSU (7:00 PM), full schedule
🏒 NHL: Kraken @ Rangers (1:00 PM), Lightning @ Canucks (4:00 PM), Avs @ Devils (7:00 PM), Utah @ Flyers (7:30 PM), Flames @ Stars (8:00 PM), full schedule
⚽️ EPL: Fulham vs Arsenal (9:00 AM), Tottenham vs Chelsea (11:30 AM), LALIGA: Athletic Club vs Villarreal (10:15 AM), Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla (3:00 PM) ; Serie A: Napoli vs Lazio (2:45 PM), full schedule
🎙️Song OTD🎙️
 | We Are The Champions Queen Once a champion, always a champion, congrats to all of the of the college ball squads who woke up this morning as conference champions! |
🗣️ Quote OTD🗣️
 | “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” H.G. Wells You can take this any way you want. Maybe you had a bad day, maybe your team lost the conference championship, maybe you lost some parlays. Either way, get back up on that horse! |
❗️Glue Guy OTD❗️
 | Get Back Coach Football The guy who holds the head ball coach on the sideline so he doesn’t run on the field and scream at the ref, absolutely glue, usually absolutely jacked. |
Trivia Answer:
No right or wrong answer I suppose, but as a Browns fan, I’m going with C!
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