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January 4, 2019

BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Better Self 101 to prepare attendees for final arrangements

BY MARIE NESMITH insurance, what to [choose], who doesn’t let’s bring it to the community for free to likely happen to all of us. I believe that empowered and equip them with the [email protected] have it, etc.?’ Having buried my mother clear any cobwebs and answer any ques- being educated and prepared will help us knowledge needed to succeed in all facets and brother over the past year and [a] half, tions.” through the difficult times when we may in life,” Whitfield said. “No one really Striving to help others be “educated and I know that worrying about money is that Geared only to adults, Better Self 101 not be thinking clearly or not prepared. I wants to have these talks about death but prepared,” Will2Way Foundation Inc. and last burden that one should endure while will take take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be helping to develop some of the it’s inevitable.What better way than to let Cartersville resident Brad Cowart are join- trying to grieve through the process. at the Cartersville-Bartow County Cham- topics and getting speakers to discuss your loved ones know what you want, ing forces Jan. 12 to present Better Self “After I posed the question, I received ber of Commerce, 122 W. Main St. in them. what you have and talk about it now rather 101: Wills, Insurance, Estate Planning. about 100 responses on the question as Cartersville. Along with lunch, the com- “… This will be an educational event than causing family rifts, uncertainty and “Sadly enough, often when someone well as in my inbox with people saying, ‘I plimentary event will feature a panel of and not a sales pitch for any of the serv- issues when the time comes. passes away there is typically a Go- don’t have it, I’m not sure what to local professionals delivering presenta- ices that will be discussed. Just real-life “… We want to offer everyone that op- FundMe account set up by someone in the [choose],’ etc. I was upset but said we tions on a variety of topics, such as life in- lessons learned by real-life experiences. portunity to know. We thirst from lack of family/friend to help cover expenses for have to do better and do something for our surance, long-term health care, hospice I’m glad I had someone guide me, and I knowledge, and we need to change that. funeral costs,” said Pamela Whitfield, community to change the mindset and an- care, burial or cremation, wills and estate hope I can guide others.” We want to give people their power back CEO and founder of Will2Way Founda- swer questions. Brad Cowart — whom planning. Those interested in attending need to and to help them make sound judgments tion. “This is typically due [to] no insur- I’ve known for over 30 years —com- “Pam had the idea and I asked to join,” register in advance at www.will2wayfoun- that can ultimately change their lives, their ance. I started a poll on [Facebook] last mented on my post with more details and said Cowart, a Realtor with Real Estate dation.org. families’ lives and impact generations to year and asked, ‘Who has questions about suggestions so that’s when we decided Advisors. “It’s something that will most “We want our community to become come.” PROCLAMATION OF DOMINATION

Gilbert $75K bond set for accused meth trafficker

BY JAMES SWIFT [email protected]

A Cherokee Judicial Circuit judge set bond at $75,000 for a man arrested last month for a litany of charges, including drug trafficking, in Bartow Superior Court Tuesday. According to a bond motion document, Daniel Joseph Gilbert is facing charges for possession and/or use of drug-related ob- jects, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, a violation of the state’s Dangerous Drug Act and trafficking after being RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS stopped in Bartow County in The Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department 12-and-under football team was recognized at Thursday evening's city council meeting for winning the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association state championship. Cartersville Mayor Matt Santini, far left, read a proclamation at the meeting honoring the team, then early December. brought the players and coaches forward for a group photo. “This case involves about half a pound of methamphetamine found by the Emerson Police De- partment in the car in which Mr. Gilbert was the right seat passen- BHM helps students enjoy winter, tackle new year ger,” Cherokee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Erle J. BY DONNA HARRIS Newton said. “He and the driver [email protected] of the car … neither made any The Bartow History Museum is trying statements as to the ownership of something new to fill up the last day of that methamphetamine.” Christmas vacation for elementary school Public defender LeAnna Wade students. said Gilbert has no familial ties to The education staff at the museum at 4 Cartersville, but several of his rel- E. Church St. in Cartersville will be host- atives reside in the Chatsworth ing two half-day winter camps for ages 5 area. to 10 Monday: Winter Wonderland from “Mr. Gilbert is currently on 9 a.m. to noon and New Year, No Fear probation in Chattooga County, from 1 to 4 p.m. he has less than a year remaining. “Cartersville City [and Bartow He would like to be able to make County] schools have an in-service day bond and get over there and ad- for teachers on the 7th; it is the last day dress his probation matter,” she that students are out of school,” said Dr. said. “He lives in Menlo, Geor- Joshua Graham, manager of programs at gia, and he did have a failure to the museum. “We wanted to help with appear several years ago but he that transition back to the classroom and was actually incarcerated at the to provide a place for teachers’ own chil- time the failure to appear was is- dren when they have to be back at work sued, so that matter was resolved and the students are still out. We wanted fairly quickly.” to do something that really highlighted Newton, however, raised ques- how special a time of year winter is, even outside of the holidays, and to help start tions about the defendant’s resi- off the new year on the right foot.” dence. In the morning session, campers will “He has nine cycles out of Ken- make winter-themed crafts and play tucky and he has some connec- games. tions to Kentucky, specifically “Our Winter Wonderland camp is Irvine, Kentucky — that’s where based around that idea of sitting close to his residence address is listed on the fire, sharing stories and having hot the prints, which were taken ei- cocoa,” Graham said. “We’ll be telling RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS ther off his ID or off his driver’s Bartow History Museum’s Paige Jennings and Camden Anich prepare materials for Monday’s half-day camps for kids SEE CAMP, PAGE 2A ages 5 to 10 at the museum. SEE BOND, PAGE 5A

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NEWSROOM DAVID STREET CHURCH formation, call 678-232-0413. GREATER MT. OLIVE MIS- Livsey’s journey to Israel. The Highway, White. Bread of Life [email protected] OF GOD — 4 David St., SIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH black tie event includes dinner and Free Church will provide free gro- FEATURES EDITOR Cartersville. David Street Church PEEPLES VALLEY BAP- — Greater Mt. Olive Missionary masks are optional. For more infor- ceries to those in need through its [email protected] of God is hosting Heaven Seekers TIST CHURCH — 68 Ledford Baptist church will present “Love mation, contact Jacqueline Toulon “There’s Hope for the Hungry” PHOTOGRAPHER of Piedmont, Alabama, which will Lane, Cartersville. Peeples Valley is in the Air, Come One Come All at 770-906-1389. program the first Thursday of every [email protected] be ministering through music Jan. Baptist Church will host a men’s Masquerade Ball” Saturday, Feb. 9, month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit 5 at 7 p.m. at the church. Refresh- prayer breakfast on Saturday, Jan. at 6 p.m. at the Cartersville Civic BREAD OF LIFE FREE www.thereshopeforthehungry.org STAFF REPORTERS ments will be served immediately 5, at 8 a.m. Rev. James Black will Center, 435 W. Main St., as a CHURCH — 743 Old Tennessee for more information. [email protected] [email protected] following the service. For more in- be the guest speaker. fundraiser for Pastor Randy B. SPORTS REPORTER CONSTRUCTION TO [email protected] ADVERTISING DIRECTOR PERMANENT FINANCING [email protected] WHAT’S GOING ON

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BY LISA MASCARO be quickly,” Trump said during AND CATHERINE LUCEY lengthy public comments at a Cab- Associated Press inet meeting, his first public appear- ance of the new year. Meanwhile, House Democrats prepared the shutdown has closed some Thursday to pass a plan to re-open parks and leaving hundreds of thou- government without funding Presi- sands of federal employees without dent Donald Trump’s promised bor- pay. der wall, as Trump pledged to keep Democrats said they asked up the fight for his signature prom- Trump directly during Wednesday’s ise in a surprise appearance. private meeting held in the Situa- Trump strode into the White tion Room why he wouldn’t con- House briefing room on the 13th sider their package of bills. One day of the partial government shut- measure would open most of the down, declaring that “without a shuttered government departments wall you cannot have border secu- at funding levels already agreed to rity.” He then left without taking by all sides. The other would pro- questions from reporters. vide temporary funding for Home- Trump is demanding billions of land Security, through Feb. 8, dollars to build a wall along the allowing talks to continue over bor- U.S. border with Mexico, which the der security. Democrats have refused. The White House Republican leader Kevin House has invited congressional McCarthy said that there’s no need leaders back for another meeting to prolong the shutdown and that he Friday, two days after failing to was disappointed the talks did not make progress during their first sit- produce a resolution. He com- down in weeks. plained that Democrats interrupted The new Congress convened Homeland Security Kirstjen with Democrats taking majority Nielsen as she was trying to de- control of the House and returning JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP scribe a dreadful situation at the Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives in the press briefing room Thursday to speak about border security at the White House. At left is press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. border. the speakership. Democrats expect The two sides have traded offers, to quickly pass legislation to re- country want it.” It would also include a separate hopes that we can show President encouraging him to attend the Fri- but their talks broke down ahead of open the government — without Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted measure to fund the departments of Trump the sweet light of reason,” day meeting at the White House. the holidays. On Wednesday, funds for the wall. a video with images of what ap- Agriculture, Interior, Housing and Schumer said. Trump said ahead of his White Trump also rejected his own admin- “There is no amount of persua- peared to be migrants trying to rush Urban Development and others But Republicans who control the House session with the congres- istration’s offer to accept $2.5 bil- sion he can use” to get her to fund the border and clashing with law closed by the partial shutdown. Senate say they won’t take it up sional leaders that the partial shut- lion for the wall. That proposal was his wall, Pelosi said in an interview enforcement, beneath the words That measure would provide without Trump on board. Senate down will last “as long as it takes” made when Vice President Mike that aired Thursday on NBC’s “crisis at the border,” ‘’drugs” and money through the remainder of the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to get the funding he wants. Pence and other top officials met at “Today.” She added: “We can go “crime.” The video concludes with fiscal year, to Sept. 30. called it a “total nonstarter” and a In public, Trump renewed his the start of the shutdown with through the back and forth. No. footage of Trump at the border The White House has rejected waste of time. dire warnings of rapists and others Schumer, who left saying they re- How many more times can we say along with audio from one of his the Democratic package. “I would call it political theater, at the border. But when pressed in mained far apart. On Wednesday no?” rallies in which he vows to build his “Why not fully fund the Depart- not productive lawmaking,” Mc- private Wednesday by Democrats Trump repeatedly pushed for the Trump took to the White House promised border wall and the ment of Homeland Security? Why Connell said Thursday, as he asking why he wouldn’t end the $5.6 billion he has demanded. briefing room for a hastily called crowd chants “Build the wall!” doesn’t the Pelosi bill do that?” said opened the new Congress. shutdown, he responded at one Making his case ahead of the pri- late afternoon briefing, flanked by The Democratic package to end White House counselor Kellyanne Vice President Mike Pence and point, “I would look foolish if I did vate afternoon session, Trump said members of the unions that repre- the shutdown would include one Conway. Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mul- that.” A White House official, one the current border is “like a sieve” sent border patrol and immigration bill to temporarily fund the Depart- On Thursday, Democratic Leader vaney were on the Hill Thursday. of two people who described that and noted the tear gas “flying” agents. ment of Homeland Security at cur- Chuck Schumer urged McConnell Mulvaney, a former member, exchange only on condition of overnight to deter arrivals. “You can call it a barrier, you can rent levels — with $1.3 billion for to put the House Democratic pack- was on the House floor during the anonymity, said the president had “If they knew they couldn’t come call it whatever you want,” Trump border security, far less than Trump age on the Senate floor and send it vote for speaker. Pence, who was been trying to explain that it would through, they wouldn’t even start,” said. “But essentially we need pro- has said he wants for the wall — to Trump. on the Hill swearing in new sena- be foolish not to pay for border se- he said at the meeting, joined by tection in our country. We’re going through Feb. 8 as talks would con- “At this point, we need to take tors for a few hours, had an im- curity. Cabinet secretaries and top advis- to make it good. The people of our tinue. the lead here in Congress in the promptu, brief chat with Schumer, “Could be a long time or could ers.

Stocks take a beating after iPhone sales slip THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Starbucks is worth and more than Companies such as General Mo- Stocks tumbled Thursday on Lockheed Martin, Lowe’s, Cater- tors, Caterpillar and Daimler have Wall Street, with technology com- pillar, General Electric or Morgan all said recently that trade tensions panies suffering their worst loss in Stanley. and slower growth in China are seven years, after Apple reported Other major exporters, including damaging their businesses. that iPhone sales are slipping in heavy-machinery manufacturers “When the largest and second- China. and tech companies like Intel and largest economies in the world get The rare warning of disappoint- Microsoft, also took big losses. into a trade dispute, the rest of the ing results from Apple stoked in- “For a while now there’s been world’s going to feel the effects. vestors’ fears that the world’s an adage in the markets that as That’s what we’re seeing now,” second-biggest economy is losing long as Apple was doing fine, said Jack Ablin, chief investment steam and that trade tensions be- everyone else would be OK,” said officer of Cresset Wealth Advisors. tween Washington and Beijing are Neil Wilson, chief markets analyst In a letter to shareholders making things worse. The sell-off at Markets.com. “Therefore, Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook also came after a surprisingly Apple’s rare profit warning is a red said that iPhone demand is waning weak report on U.S. manufactur- flag for market watchers. The in China and that the company ex- ing. question is to what extent this is pects revenue of $84 billion for the The Dow Jones Industrial Aver- more Apple-specific.” quarter that just ended. That’s $7 age plunged 660 points, or 2.8 per- Over the past year, the U.S. and billion less than analysts expected. cent, and the broader S&P 500 China slapped new tariffs on hun- Cook’s comments echoed the index fell 2.5 percent. dreds of billions of dollars’ worth concerns that have pushed in- Apple stock plummeted 10 per- of imports in a trade war that vestors to flee stocks over the past cent, wiping out more than $74 bil- threatens to snarl multinational three months. The U.S. stock mar- lion of the company’s market companies’ supply lines and re- ket in 2018 posted its worst year in value. That’s almost as much as duce demand for their products. a decade. THE MARKET IN REVIEW

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802800 45.12 -6.90 iShGold ...... 12.41 +.11 +1.0 WeathfIntl ...... 39 -.01 -29.5 Vanguard TtInSIdxInv FB 122,479 14.98 -7.2 -16.8/C +0.9/A NL 0 RegHlt pfA 2.71 +.41 +17.8 BrMySq 45.12 -6.90 -13.3 Celgene 789934 80.43+13.79 iShBrazil .67 1.6 ... 40.90 +.26 +7.1 Wendys Co .34 2.2 17 15.56 -.08 -.3 Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl LB 185,101 60.71 -12.3 -8.6/B +7.6/B NL 3,000 EDAP TMS 2.19 +.32 +17.1 UnivDisp 79.31 -11.85 -13.0 BkofAm 665328 24.56 -.40 iShChinaLC .87 2.3 ... 38.09 -.67 -2.5 WDigital 2.00 5.6 4 35.65 -2.61 -3.6 Vanguard TtlSMIdxIns LB 115,115 60.72 -12.3 -8.6/B +7.6/A NL 5,000,000 Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv LB 121,265 60.69 -12.3 -8.7/B +7.5/B NL 3,000 NavMH pfH 3.47 +.48 +16.1 BrghtSch n 10.33 -1.48 -12.5 Microsoft 421092 97.40 -3.72 Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with Chaisma n 3.42 +.44 +14.8 Datasea n 3.60 -.50 -12.2 ChesEng 398428 2.13 -.06 SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. 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FRIDAY January 4, 2019 your sign. What is your attitude to money? If you LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) think it’s a root of all evil or if you think ARIES (March 21 to April 19) What can you do to improve your job, easy come easy go, you won’t have You can be bossy and rebellious. Nev- how you do your job or how you relate much of it. Our attitude to something ertheless, since we all deal with author- to co-workers? Today’s New Moon is a affects how it manifests in our life. ity figures, today’s New Moon is a great day to make resolutions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) good time to examine your relationship VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Take a realistic look in the mirror today to authority. It’s important to have a good balance and ask yourself what you can do to im- TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) between work and play. Our North prove your image. What is the impres- Barney Google and Snuffy Smith® by John Rose What further education and training can American work ethic places too much sion you create on your world? you get to improve your job? What emphasis on work. You need to play as AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) travel might you undertake to enhance well! It’s good to think about what belief sys- your life? Good questions for today’s LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) tem you embrace, whether it’s a reli- New Moon. How can you improve your relations gion or your own code of ethics. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) with family members? How can you Today’s New Moon is the perfect day Start to give serious thought to how you improve your home? These are the to ponder this. can get out of debt. Also, how can you things to ponder with today’s New PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) best use the wealth and resources of Moon. Do you hang out with quality people? others? SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Do you like your friends? If you want CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Are you clear in your everyday commu- to have more friends, be friendly! Think about what you can do to im- nications with others? Do people really YOU BORN TODAY You are dedi- prove your closest relationships and understand you? Do you take the time cated, charming and resourceful. You partnerships. Today is the only New to truly listen to others? Think about it. are optimistic and generous, but you do Moon all year that is directly opposite SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) not like crowds.

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BY MAE ANDERSON replace their phones. It’s going to AP Technology Writer happen eventually,” he said. But there’s no “silver bullet” Behind Apple’s disconcerting that will spur growth to levels news of weak iPhone sales lies a seen in the past when the industry more sobering truth: The tech in- was less mature. dustry has hit Peak Smartphone, a Foldable smartphones , with tipping point when everyone who screens that unfold like a wallet to can afford one already owns one increase display size, are one and no breakthroughs are com- thing that could spur excitement, pelling them to upgrade as fre- but they’re expensive and not due quently as they once did. out until at least the end of the Some manufacturers have year. boosted prices to keep up profit. Another thing that might spur But Apple’s shortfall highlights growth: 5G, the next-generation the limits of that strategy. The that telecom companies are cur- company said demand for iPhones rently in the process of building, is waning and revenue for the last expected to be faster and more re- quarter of 2018 will fall well liable than the current 4G net- below projections, a decrease work. The first 5G compatible traced mainly to China. phones are due out this year. Apple’s shares dropped 10 per- “There’s more pressure on 5G cent Thursday on the news — its as the next-wave smartphone,” worst loss since 2013. The com- since sales are so lackluster, said pany shed $74.6 billion in market Ives. “There will be a battle royale value, amid a broader sell-off for 5G phones.” among technology companies , But 5G will take years for which suffered their worst loss in MARY ALTAFFER/AP broad, nationwide deployment, so An image of an iPhone is on display in the background as a customer, left, is helped at the Apple store in Brooklyn, New York, seven years. Thursday. Apple’s shock warning that its Chinese sales are weakening ratcheted up concerns about the world’s second largest the new 5G smartphones coming Apple’s news is a “wakeup call economy and weighed heavily on global stock markets as well as the dollar on Thursday. out this year are not likely to for the industry,” said analyst Dan make much of a splash immedi- Ives of research firm Wedbush Se- provements in screen size, screen every 33 months on average, steady rise for a decade, world- said Zachary Pardes, a tech-savvy ately either. curities. resolution, battery life, cameras longer than the 24 or 25 months wide smartphone shipments fell 3 31-year-old in Fairfield, Con- Analysts say smartphone mak- And it’s not just Apple. De- and processor speed every year. three years ago, he said. percent to 1.42 billion in 2018, the necticut. “I’ll upgrade when the ers need to push into under-satu- mand has been lackluster across But the industry is a victim of Apple’s diminished growth pro- first annual drop, according to In- battery stops working. When I’m rated areas like Africa and the board, Ives said. Samsung, its own success. Innovation began jections, fueled by plummeting ternational Data Corp., which forced to buy a new phone, I’ll elsewhere, and also sell more long the leading seller of smart- to slow down around 2014, once sales in China, have reinforced tracks such movements. IDC esti- buy a new phone.” services like cloud storage, phones, has been hit even harder, Apple boosted the screen size fears the world’s second-largest mates that shipments will rebound Vivian Yang, a manager at a streaming music and phone soft- as its phone shipments dropped 8 with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus mod- economy is losing steam. Its 3 percent in 2019 to 1.46 billion, Beijing technology company, also ware. But the glory days of un- percent during the 12 months end- els. While phones kept improving, $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to but that still falls short of 2017 balked at the price. “Nobody trammeled growth appear to be ing in September. new features tended to be incre- Chinese consumers unnerved by levels. needs such a phone,” she said. over. “The smartphone industry is mental, such as a new flash tech- an economic slump and the trade It doesn’t help that top phones IDC analyst Ramon Llamas “It’s going to be a slow slog,” going through significant head- nique to already excellent phone war with the U.S. They also have come with four-digit price tags — said the cycle might bottom out Llamas said. “By no means is this winds, “Ives said. “Smartphone cameras. It’s the stuff consumers a slew of cheaper smartphones $1,100 for the iPhone XS Max and start growing again in 2021 or the end of the smartphone market. makers used to be like teenagers, won’t typically notice — or want from homegrown competitors and $1,000 for Samsung’a Galaxy 2022, when people’s current But this is an indication that the and the industry was on fire. Now to shell out for. such as Huawei, Xiaomi and Note 9. The top-end Max model phones start reaching the end of smartphone market can be a vic- it feels like they’re more like sen- “Since the iPhone 6 you’ve Oppo to choose from. sells for $1,450 in the U.S. their useful life. “People will still tim of its own success.” ior citizens in terms of maturity.” seen it has been tough to innovate The fact that even Apple’s “They’re getting more and Tech innovations in phones to continue to raise the bar,” Ives iPhone juggernaut is suffering ce- more expensive while offering grew in leaps and bounds earlier said. ments a larger trend for all major fewer and fewer new, innovative in the 2010s, with dramatic im- Apple customers now upgrade smartphone makers. After a features that I’ll actually use,”

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Pegi Young, musician and activist, dead at 66 from cancer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of course, but how it’s grown and After Young began dating actress for Impact” and “Foul Deeds.” On Pegi Young, who with fellow evolved. Daryl Hannah, Crosby called her her self-titled debut, which came musician and then-husband Neil “We started with the four par- a “purely poisonous predator.” out in 2007, Neil Young played Young helped found the Bridge ent-placed kids, very humbled be- Crosby later apologized, but guitar, harmonica and sitar. School for children with speech ginnings, and it has just grown to Young, who married Hannah last “Neil was always encouraging and physical impairments, has have a global impact. Obviously, year, was enraged and has not me to do it,” she told The Associ- died. looking at the need for the endow- played with Crosby since. ated Press in 2007. “But I didn’t Young died of cancer Tuesday ment, to keep the school going, Pegi Young made several previ- want to lean on him and he didn’t in California, according to spokes- that’s been the big focus for us, ous albums, including “Bracing want me to have to lean on him.” woman Michelle Gutenstein-Hinz. and it has been for some time.” She was 66. Additional details The Youngs, who also had a about her death were not immedi- daughter, Amber, had been one of ately available. rock’s most enduring couples. Pegi Young first conceived of They met in 1974, when Pegi was the California-based school in living in a teepee, and married 1986 after she and her husband four years later. Neil Young’s 1992 struggled to educate their son Ben, country-rock ballad, “Harvest born with cerebral palsy. Over the Moon,” is a tribute to Pegi. next three decades, the Youngs “Because I’m still in love with helped stage all-star concert bene- you,” he sings. “I want to see you fits, with guest performers includ- dance again. Because I’m still in ing Bruce Springsteen, David love with you/On this harvest Bowie and Tom Petty. moon.” “I look at it with a great deal of But the Youngs divorced in satisfaction,” Pegi Young told 2014, a breakup Pegi Young ad- speakersincode.com in 2016. “It’s dressed candidly in her 2016 kind of amazing that the school album “Raw” and which also led has not only sustained itself for all to a rift between Neil Young and these years by way of the concert, former bandmate David Crosby. SPORTS B

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Local coach weighs in on LakePoint’s new baseball partner

BY JASON GREENBERG try. With the news, it is fair to won- mid-’90s Braves dominated the Mike Marra spent nearly every [email protected] der if LakePoint will remain the National League East, PBR has weekend recruiting at LakePoint Mecca of amateur baseball in the been growing since its inception in during the summer when he was On Nov. 15, Perfect Game Base- Southeast, as it has been since the 2005 and has recently expanded its the head coach at Georgia High- ball announced it would be sus- summer of 2014. operations into Alabama and Ten- lands. Now an assistant coach at pending its partnership with In Perfect Game’s place, Prep nessee, and now has a presence in Murray County High, Marra LakePoint Sporting Community by Baseball Report (PBR) has come 41 states across the country. worked part-time with Prep Base- 2020 due to uncertainty stemming into the picture through an agree- It remains to be seen how the ball Report when he was a high from LakePoint’s Chapter 11 bank- ment with LakePoint and its owner loss of Perfect Game will affect school coach in New York. ruptcy filing. Rimrock Capital Management. LakePoint’s business or the pres- Marra says Prep Baseball Report Perfect Game is the giant of the Rimrock has made an investment tige of the venue. However, one is a reputable organization that puts amateur baseball industry, regu- in PBR and bought part ownership area coach believes the trade of on quality showcases, although the SKIP BUTLER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS, FILE larly hosting tournaments and in the baseball scouting service. Perfect Game for Prep Baseball type of talent attracted to the venue A scout clocks the velocity of an incoming pitch during a showcases featuring the top travel While Perfect Game dominates Report could be beneficial for the baseball game in 2014 at LakePoint. ball teams and players in the coun- the youth baseball industry like the local baseball community. SEE PBR, PAGE 2B Clemson carrying memories of last year into title game

BY PETE IACOBELLI set these past few seasons. AP Sports Writer “At the end of the day, we just try and be the best version of us, and we’re not Clemson center Justin Falcinelli re- trying to live up to anybody else’s stan- members the quiet, hollow feeling in the dard,” Swinney said. “We’ve got our locker room after last year’s Sugar Bowl own standard here.” loss to Alabama. Clemson brings a different quarter- He vowed not to forget it. back into the matchup with freshman Not that Falcinelli could have even he Trevor Lawrence taking Kelly Bryant’s had wanted to. Clips of the 24-6 defeat to spot. Lawrence was named the starter in the Crimson Tide in last year’s national late September and, days later, Bryant semifinal are played on the team’s giant left the program and has since trans- video board at the Tigers’ practice facility. ferred to Missouri. Players regularly field questions from fans Lawrence has led Clemson’s offense eager for Clemson to avenge the loss. on high-scoring run. The Tigers have av- The reminders of the disappointment eraged more than 45 points a game in his has motivated and driven the Tigers 10 starts, including a 30-3 win over throughout the season. Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl last Now No. 2 Clemson (14-0) gets its an- week to advance where Lawrence threw other crack at No. 1 Alabama (14-0) on for 327 yards and three touchdowns. Monday night in the national champi- Alabama left tackle Jonah Williams onship game in Santa Clara, California. said the Tide will have their hands full “It was a bit of a wakeup call,” Fal- stopping Clemson. cinelli said of the loss. “It’s driven us to “They have the capacity to beat us say, ‘We did well, but there was still every year,” he said. “They did my fresh- clearly plenty of room to improve.’ man year and almost did the year before. We’ve been focusing on that.” So you have to play your best and you Falcinelli said reflecting on the Ala- have to execute.” bama loss — Clemson has lost two of Despite the respect Clemson gets, three CFP games to the Crimson Tide — Tigers defensive end Clelin Ferrell said was part of the routine during winter the Alabama loss last season stands out workouts , spring drills and summer as a glaring breakdown in the level of weightlifting sessions. success they has achieved. He said the “There’s always stuff to remind you Tigers worked hard to follow up their na- why you’re working” to improve, Fal- JEFFREY MCWHORTER/AP tional championship season with another Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) warms up before the Cotton Bowl semifinal playoff game against Notre cinelli said. Dame on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. strong year. And while 12-2 and the 2017 Last year’s Alabama-Clemson contest Atlantic Coast Conference title might was the latest episode in the dramatic se- against Alabama’s fearsome defense last part of all three playoff games with Ala- What that means, Bryant said, was satisfy most programs, Ferrell said their ries, during which the teams have traded year. Kelly Bryant threw two intercep- bama, said the players did not spend all preparing with success in mind, no mat- performance left the Tigers flat. nail-biting wins in championship games, tions, both which led to Crimson Tide their time consumed with losing to the ter what the obstacle or the opponent Ferrell simply sums up their motiva- Alabama 45-40 in January 2016 and touchdowns, and the Tigers ran for just Tide. They were more bothered that, as would be. tion, saying, “We don’t want to feel that Clemson 35-31 on a last-second TD pass 64 yards in the demoralizing loss. defending national champions, they had It’s something Clemson coach Dabo way again.” 12 months later. “That left a sour taste in our mouths,” not lived up to their potential after the Swinney continually talks to his players — AP Sports Writer John Zenor from But unlike those two games, Clem- Clemson defensive end Austin Bryant said. 2017 season and did not want to finish about — keeping their eyes on them- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, contributed to this son’s offense could never get going Austin Bryant, a senior who’s been this year in a similar fashion. selves when possible and the bar they’ve report. Column: Expand Quinn welcomes what Falcons have ahead playoff to get the guess BY GEORGE HENRY up an option on defensive end Vic Associated Press Beasley’s deal. — The team would like to re- work out of the game Dan Quinn knows that 2019 sign running back Tevin Coleman, BY RALPH D. RUSSO might be his last chance to get it a valuable backup to oft-injured AP College Football Writer right as head coach of the Atlanta starter Devonta Freeman, but it is Falcons. unclear how much salary cap The satisfying simplicity of sports is in the definitive result. A He embraces what lies ahead room will be left after Jones and game is played. There is a winner and a loser and the winner gets a after firing his offensive, defensive Jarrett re-up as expected. reward. and special teams coordinators. Fal- — Quinn, who has the final say Often that reward is to just keep playing. Those are the rules from cons owner Arthur Blank expects on football-related personnel mat- the schoolyard to stadiums. the team to return to the playoffs ters, said quarterback Matt Ryan It is a model that generally works great, just not necessarily for next season, and Quinn believes will be consulted about the offen- major college football. With some legitimate reasons, the sport is he’s still the man for the job. sive coordinator hire but will have resistant to the simplest premise: If you win something, you get Quinn has already interviewed no impact on the coach’s decision. something. two candidates for the offensive The Falcons will keep their out- Five years into the College Football Playoff there is a lot of chatter job and hopes to announce a hire side and inside zone-blocking about expanding the four-team field . Down the road, probably when within “one to two weeks.” He scheme. its 12-year contract with ESPN runs out, the playoff will expand. will serve as his own defensive co- — Dirk Koetter, a former Fal- ordinator and still has the final say cons offensive coordinator who Because there is always money in playoff expansion. DON WRIGHT/AP Here’s a plan: eight teams. The Power Five conference champions on all game-day and roster deci- In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, file photo, Atlanta Falcons head worked well with Ryan, will inter- get in automatically. Three wild cards or at-large teams picked by sions. coach Dan Quinn, left, talks with defensive end Brooks Reed view this weekend after getting the selection committee, with at least one of them the best champion “Quite honestly, you want that during a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. fired as Tampa Bay’s head coach. from the Group of Five conferences. weight because that’s what leading Quinn also has interest in former Yep, nothing in there you probably haven’t seen before. Simple, is,” Quinn said Thursday. “I don’t embarrassing blowout at Cleve- identity and style that we’d like to Seattle coordinator Darrell Bevell but certainly not universally accepted, even among those who want feel it any more now than the day land and ended in Week 13 at play, so we had to reset that,” and former Falcons coordinator a bigger playoff. I took the job, but it’s part of the Green Bay. Quinn said. “In order to do that, and NFL head coach Mike Mula- Automatic qualification is an uncomfortable concept for fans who job that I like. I would say that. Sarkisian’s dismissal was less adding some new voices and some rkey. fear a conference championship game upset could give a precious Feeling that and knowing you can surprising than Manuel’s and new direction is needed, and this The Falcons have fired tight playoff spot to a team that lost three or four regular-season games. count on somebody for that role. I Armstrong’s, but Quinn felt the is that time. Making changes from ends coach Wade Harman. He and Automatic qualification also makes college football’s decision-mak- take that responsibility really seri- need for a big overhaul at the top the coaching side is one of the Armstrong were the last holdovers ers squeamish because it was one of the downfalls of the Bowl ously.” of his staff. Atlanta had the NFL’s toughest parts of my job.” on coach Mike Smith’s staff. Championship Series. Following a 7-9 record that left fourth-best passing attack but fin- Speaking to a roomful of media Quinn replaced Smith in February Back then, six conferences had automatic entry for their champi- his team out of the playoffs for the ished 27th in rushing. The defense members, Quinn and general man- 2015. ons, including the Big East. There was a cap on how many teams first time in three years, Quinn dis- tied for worst in third-down per- ager Thomas Dimitroff covered a “As I cast a wide net, you better from one conference could be in the system. Tweaks were made to missed offensive coordinator centage and was eighth-worst in wide range of topics: make sure you’re going through ensure teams ranked in certain positions were also guaranteed spots. Steve Sarkisian, defensive coordi- scoring average. The Falcons — Six-time Pro Bowl receiver the process that you can to explore It was kind of a mess, but the problems were not necessarily ap- nator Marquand Manuel and spe- ranked 27th in punt return aver- Julio Jones and defensive tackle all avenues,” Quinn said. “What I plicable to a playoff where all games have championship ramifica- cial teams coordinator Keith age. Grady Jarrett are about to get lu- can say, there’s a lot of people that tions. Armstrong. The Falcons were “The thing that became clear to crative, new contracts. Quinn and want to be here. There were a lot eliminated following a five-game me in some regards is that the Dimitroff were less clear on of calls, I could say, of people that SEE PLAYOFF, PAGE 2B losing streak that began with an compass was off in terms of the whether the Falcons want to pick wanted to be part of this.” 2B Friday, January 4, 2019 • www.daily-tribune.com Sports The Daily Tribune News Gonzalez, Playoff

FROM PAGE 1B Reed, The BCS increased college football’s na- tional following, encouraging fans to pay Bailey 1st- attention to teams and conferences beyond their regions. The College Football Playoff time eligible aims to continue that growth and a bigger playoff, with automatic bids for conference champions, accomplishes that. finalists for Why reward anything less than excel- lence? Hall of Fame Well, for one, Nick Saban is not going to be at Alabama forever. There will come a BY BARRY WILNER day when more than two or three teams in AP Pro Football Writer a given season could win a national title. Also, right now the College Football First-time eligibles Tony Gon- Playoff selection committee is taking an ed- zalez, Ed Reed and Champ Bailey ucated guess when it comes to what is ex- are among 15 modern-era finalists cellent. That’s not criticism. The job of the for the Pro Football Hall of committee is literally to guess the four best Fame’s class of 2019. teams — a purposefully vague descriptor. They will be joined in balloting It was easy to see Alabama and Clemson on Feb. 2 by Steve Atwater, Tony were awesome this season. They won all Boselli, Isaac Bruce, Don Coryell, their games, earning the right to play more Alan Faneca, Tom Flores, Steve games. But on Championship Saturday, Hutchinson, Edgerrin James, Ty there were many who suggested Georgia Law, John Lynch, Kevin Mawae, was also excellent and deserved to be re- and Richard Seymour. Although warded even after blowing a 14-point lead previously eligible, Flores — who to Alabama in the fourth quarter of the coached two Raiders teams to Southeastern Conference title game. Super Bowl titles — and longtime It was weird. Fortunately, the committee BUTCH DILL/AP defensive lineman Seymour are fi- did not agree. College football does not Texas coach Tom Herman, left, greets Georgia coach Kirby Smart after the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Tuesday. nalists for the first time. comfortably fit the traditional win-some- bids to conference champions gets at least But at some point the opinions have to mine the best team in college basketball. Also being considered for in- thing-get-something model. Wide variances in opponents mean all wins are not created some of the guesswork out of the game. yield to results or why even play the But it’s a fabulously entertaining event to duction are senior committee equal. Not even close. There are few data More objective. Less subjective. We can games? determine a champion. nominee Johnny Robinson, a star points that can be used to connect and com- still argue about the committee’s wild-card Think of it this way: The NCAA basket- Instead of obsessing over the impossible safety for Dallas/Kansas City from pare top teams from different conferences. selections. Debates about which team is ball tournament, with its imbalanced task of guessing the best teams, college 1960-71, and contributors finalists This isn’t the NFL. best are part of the lifeblood of college foot- bracket, no reseeding of teams and one- football would be better served with a post- Gil Brandt, former personnel di- But expanding the field with automatic ball. It is why the Top 25 exists. and-done format, is a terrible way to deter- season built to determine a champion. rector for the Cowboys and now the NFL’s top draft consultant, and Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. “You’re still going to have your state-run tournament. They might go to a PBR tour- A maximum of eight new mem- ganization in baseball that dominates the share of talent. In travel basketball, for in- stuff, but my guess is they’re going to try nament. Everyone knows where Lake- bers can be elected, five from the PBR stance, there are multiple circuits — Nike, to get some of the state stuff pushed down Point is — pro guys and college guys.” modern-era group. Inductions are FROM PAGE 1B Under Armour and Adidas — who com- here and make this the hub during the Whether the PBR events attract the tal- Aug. 3 in Canton, Ohio. may not be as consistent as it has been pete for the top players. In baseball, how- summer time.” ent or not, Marra expects tournaments and Gonzalez played 17 seasons with Perfect Game running the show. ever, Perfect Game is king. However, the questions remains: Can showcases to be well-run based on his ex- with the Chiefs and Falcons, but “So basically, what PBR does, they’re “Perfect Game is head and shoulders PBR cut into Perfect Game’s share of na- perience with the organization. never made a Super Bowl. No kind of geared toward the average play- above everybody. They’ve got a machine. tional talent — the type of talent that reg- “I don’t know enough about the national matter: he holds the career record ers,” Marra said. “Perfect Game is tuned They’ve had it for a long time,” Marra ularly brought the top college coaches and side, but just working with the guys in for tight ends with 1,325, second in to the elite players, and that’s all well said. “They have these little small rinky- pro scouts to Emerson each weekend? New York, they’re very buttoned-up. They only overall to Jerry Rice, and and good. But PBR really focuses on Di- dink [organizations]. Nothing’s like Per- “Perfect Game still has the brand, don’t do a good job,” Marra said. “They’re very gained more than 15,127 yards vision-III kids, Division-II kids, the JUCO fect Game. But PBR, I think, is trying to get me wrong. But PBR is going to be professional up there, based on how they while scoring 111 touchdowns. kids. They really kind of have an avenue find a niche in that it’s kind of more all-in- much more affordable for the players. If ran it. I was really impressed with how His string of 211 straight games for everybody in all skill levels. So they clusive. They’re trying to get that kid who you have it at LakePoint, the scouts still they did things. Every state does their own with a catch lasted from 2000-13. do a very good job of trying to promote throws 75 miles per hour and still try to get know where it is. You can still see eight thing. It’s like any other franchise. But I Reed spent 12 seasons with the and get kids out there. ... It’s very much him a spot somewhere.” games at a time. So I don’t know that was really impressed with them in New Ravens, Texans and Jets, winning more cost effective than what Perfect Marra believes PBR will continue to that’s going to change,” Marra said. “But York when I was there. an NFL title in 2012. He’s one of Game is doing.” grow as a stronger force in amateur base- I think it helps PBR. You may get some “I’ll tell you one thing PBR does: They two players to lead the NFL in in- Prep Baseball Report initially launched ball, partly because of its partnership with more of the elite kids. I think now they’ll market very well. They’ve grown from terceptions three times (2-4, 2008, in 2005 as a print magazine, but has begun LakePoint. start to get a greater draw to the more elite state to state to state. I think they’re going 2010) and was the NFL Defensive to resemble Perfect Game by serving as a “[PBR] is very similar [to Perfect kids with LakePoint in their backyards. I to try to get a lot of national exposure with Player of the Year in 2004. scouting service, while putting on scouting Game], but PBR does a lot more show- think it’s going to be good. I think the it. Perfect Game’s not going anywhere. Bailey played 15 seasons with showcases and tournaments and maintain- cases. Now they’re going to get into tour- competition is good anyway. And now you They’ll still be at every high school field ing its media coverage of amateur athletes naments. That’s something they didn’t do may have some of those [Perfect Game] like they always are. So it’s going to be a Washington and Denver and was a who play in its events. a whole lot of and, of course, Perfect guys from those travel teams want to pay very good for college coaches because three-time All-Pro. Considered Unlike in other sports, there is one or- Game does all the time,” Marra said. a lot less and go to a similarly competitive there will be more games to look at.” one of the game’s best cover cor- nerbacks, he had a career-high 10 interceptions in 2006. Lynch, a standout safety for Tampa Bay and Denver, becomes SPORTSROUNDUP a finalist for the sixth straight year. Coryell, who coached the high- powered offenses of the Cardinals NCAAF Bowls and Chargers in the 1970s and ’80s, is a five-time finalist. Saturday, Dec. 15 Home & Away Celebration Bowl In all there, are three safeties, At Atlanta Today Cartersville, Cedartown at Chattooga two cornerbacks, two offensive N.C. A&T 24, Alcorn State 22 Cure Bowl BASKETBALL Friday, January 11 tackles, two coaches, one guard, Orlando, Fla. Tulane 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 24 Adairsville at Ringgold, 7 p.m. BASKETBALL one center, one tight end, one run- New Mexico Bowl Cartersville at Cedartown, 6 p.m. Cartersville at Sandy Creek, 6 p.m. ning back, one wide receiver and Albuquerque Utah State 52, North Texas 13 Hiram at Cass, 6 p.m. Paulding County at Cass, 7 p.m. one defensive lineman as finalists. Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20 Excel boys at Christian Heritage, 6 p.m. Mount Zion at Excel boys, 7:30 p.m. Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Carrollton at Woodland, 6 p.m. Rome at Woodland, 6 p.m. Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michigan 21 WRESTLING Saturday, January 12 New Orleans Bowl Appalachian State 45, Middle Tennessee 13 Cass at Clay County Fairgrounds (Florida), 2 p.m. BASKETBALL Black Monday Tuesday, Dec. 18 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Saturday Cartersville at Chapel Hill, 6 p.m. UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13 BASKETBALL East Paulding at Cass, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 hits NFL Frisco (Texas) Bowl Central-Carroll at Cartersville, 2:30 p.m. LaFayette at Excel boys, 2 p.m. Ohio 27, San Diego State 0 Thursday, Dec. 20 Villa Rica at Woodland, 6 p.m. SWIM locker rooms Gasparilla Bowl SWIM Adairsville at Shiver Me Timbers Invitational, 9 a.m. At St. Petersburg, Fla. ASSOCIATED PRESS Marshall 38, South Florida 20 Adairsville at Greyhound Invitational, 2:45 p.m. Cass, Woodland at Northwest Georgia Championship Friday, Dec. 21 Every year, while a dozen NFL Bahamas Bowl WRESTLING at Calhoun, 9 a.m. Nassau Adairsville at Murray Invitational, 9 a.m. WRESTLING head coaches are preparing their FIU 35, Toledo 32 teams for the playoffs, nearly as Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Cartersville at Spartan Duals at South Paulding Adairsville at area duals at Sonoraville, 9 a.m. Boise many coaches are called into their BYU 49, Western Michigan 18 Cartersville girls at Women's Queen of the Mountain Cartersville at area duals at Troup Saturday, Dec. 22 at Harris County Cass, Woodland at area duals at East Paulding, 9 a.m. general manager’s office and told Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl they’re fired for not being one of Wake Forest 37, Memphis 34 Cass at Clay County Fairgrounds (Florida), 9 a.m. Tuesday, January 15 Armed Forces Bowl those dozen coaches who are prepar- Fort Worth, Texas Tuesday BASKETBALL Army 70, Houston 14 BASKETBALL Sonoraville at Adairsville, 6 p.m. ing their teams for the playoffs. Dollar General Bowl Eight coaches lost their jobs in Mobile, Ala. Adairsville at North Murray, 6 p.m. Furtah Prep at Cartersville, 6 p.m. Troy 42, Buffalo 32 2018, including Mike McCarthy in Hawaii Bowl LaGrange at Cartersville, 6 p.m. Rome at Cass, 6 p.m. Green Bay and Hue Jackson in Honolulu Cass at Kell, 6 p.m. Trion at Excel boys, 6 p.m. Louisiana Tech 31, Hawaii 14 Cleveland, long before the holidays Wednesday, Dec. 26 Excel boys at Gordon Lee, 7:30 p.m. Woodland at Paulding County, 6 p.m. SERVPRO First Responder Bowl rolled around. Dallas Woodland at East Paulding, 6 p.m. SWIM A half-dozen more finished the Boston College vs. Boise State, ccd., weather WRESTLING Cass vs. Southeast Whitfield, Dawson County at Quick Lane Bowl season before getting their walking Detroit Hiram, Model at Adairsville, 5:30 p.m. Adairsville, 5 p.m. Minnesota 34, Georgia Tech 10 papers, including Todd Bowles of Cheez-It Bowl the Jets and Dirk Koetter of the Phoenix TCU 10, California 7, OT Buccaneers on Sunday night. Thursday, Dec. 27 On Monday, they were joined by Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. On the Air Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati, Vance Duke 56, Temple 27 Pinstripe Bowl Joseph in Denver, Adam Gase in New York MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. — Atlanta at Milwaukee (FSSE) Miami and Steve Wilks in Arizona. Wisconsin 35, Miami 3 7 p.m. — SMU at Tulane (ESPN2) 10:30 p.m. — Oklahoma City at Portland (ESPN) Texas Bowl Asked if the cold reality of the Houston NBA BASKETBALL PGA TOUR GOLF Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 38 win-or-go-home NFL really hits Friday, Dec. 28 8 p.m. — Dallas at Boston (ESPN) 6 p.m. — Sentry Tournament of Champions (GOLF) home on the annual day of reckon- Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. ing for head coaches, linebacker Auburn 63, Purdue 14 CFP Semifinal, Clemson 30, Notre Dame 3 San Diego Sugar Bowl Brandon Marshall said: Camping World Bowl Orange Bowl Northwestern 31, Utah 20 New Orleans Orlando, Fla. Miami Gardens, Fla. Gator Bowl Texas 28, Georgia 21 “I know how everything goes. Syracuse 34, West Virginia 18 CFP Semifinal, Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34 Jacksonville, Fla. Monday, Jan. 7 Alamo Bowl Monday, Dec. 31 Texas A&M 52, NC State 13 College Football Championship I’ve been fired before a bunch of San Antonio Military Bowl Tuesday, Jan. 1 Santa Clara, Calif. times. ... But don’t coaches get their Washington State 28, Iowa State 26 Annapolis, Md. Outback Bowl Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (14-0), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 29 Cincinnati 35, Virginia Tech 31 Tampa, Fla. Saturday, Jan. 19 full salary regardless? So (shoot). Peach Bowl Sun Bowl Iowa 27, Mississippi State 22 East-West Shrine Classic Atlanta El Paso, Texas Citrus Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. You know what I’m saying? If Florida 41, Michigan 15 Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13 Orlando, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) we’re getting fired, I wish we got Belk Bowl Redbox Bowl Kentucky 27, Penn State 24 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Santa Clara, Calif. Fiesta Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. OUR damn salaries. Virginia 28, South Carolina 0 Oregon 7, Michigan State 6 Glendale, Ariz. American vs. National, TBA (NFLN) “So, it sucks for him,” Marshall Arizona Bowl Liberty Bowl LSU 40, UCF 32 Saturday, Jan. 26 Tucson, Ariz. Memphis, Tenn. Rose Bowl Senior Bowl added. “But he’s a good coach. Nevada 16, Arkansas State 13, OT Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 33 Pasadena, Calif. At Mobile, Ala. Cotton Bowl Classic Holiday Bowl Ohio State 28, Washington 23 North vs. South, 2:30 p.m. (NFLN) He’ll find work. But at least he gets Arlington, Texas the rest of his money.” The Daily Tribune News Classifieds www.daily-tribune.com • Friday, January 4, 2019 3B

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