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Nov. 6 - Nov. 5, 2020 Vol. 19, Issue 11 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 November 6, 2020 - November 12, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 11 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 11 | November 6, 2020 - November 12, 2020 3 Nov. 6, 2020 - Nov. 12, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 11 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Preseason All-AAC teams announced Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Northwestern race behind Houston and Memphis. Oklahoma State, Penn State, Purdue, The Mustangs finished the shortened 5 RANGERS REPORT Southern Miss, Texas Tech, UNLV, Utah, 2019-20 season with a 19-11 overall BY DIC HUMPHREY Washington, West Virginia, Western record. SMU went 15-2 at Moody, winning 6 GOLF, ETC. Michigan and Western Kentucky. eight of nine home games in league play. BY TOM WARD 2020 ServPro First Responder Bowl Sixty-five First Responder Bowl alumni SMU led the AAC in scoring (72.9), field Saturday, December 26 on ABC have gone on to be drafted by the National goal percentage (45.1%), free-throw per- HOUSTON OPEN PREVIEW Football League, led by two-time first- centage (76.2%, 25th NCAA), assists 7 BY PGATOUR.COM DALLAS, Texas – The SERVPRO First team All-Pro wide receiver Michael (15.6, 19th NCAA) and assist-to-turnover FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Responder Bowl will be played Saturday, Thomas (Southern Miss). Of the draftees, ratio (1.2). 8 ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK Dec. 26, at SMU’s Gerald J. Ford Stadium five became first-round picks and eight 2020-21 AAC Preseason Honors BY PGATOUR.COM in Dallas, Texas. were selected in the second round. (Voted on by the league's head coaches) PBR WORLD FINALS COMES TO “Playing on the Saturday after The 2019 game was decided on a 52- 1. Houston (9) 99 ARLINGTON yard field goal with no time remaining as 2. Memphis (2) 90 9 BY JOEY LAYNE Christmas is a perfect fit for our game,” said Brant Ringler, executive director of WKU defeated Western Michigan, 23-20. 3. SMU 80 SEC WEEK 6 PREDICTIONS the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. “We It was the second time in the bowl’s last 4. Cincinnati 77 10 BY ROBERT CORTINEZ are very much looking forward to being three editions that the game was deter- 5. USF 61 BIG 12 WEEK 10 PREDICTIONS able to thank our first responders both in mined on the final play. 6. Tulsa 50 11 BY JOHN MOSS person and on a national scale on ESPN.” This is the fifth time in the last seven 7. Wichita State 44 In December 2014, the bowl began hon- years that the game has been played on 8. UCF 37 12 SMU REPORT oring first responders, including police Dec. 26 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020). 9. East Carolina 34 BY DIC HUMPHREY officers, firefighters, EMS workers, correc- The game has also been played on Dec. 27 10. Temple 18 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND tional officers, search and rescue, dispatch- (2016), Dec. 30 (2019), Jan. 1 (2011, 11. Tulane 15 NOTES 2013, 2014) and Jan. 2 (2012). (first place votes in parenthesis) 13 BY BO CARTER ers, security guards, federal agents, border patrol agents and military personnel who Preseason Player of the Year NFL WEEK 9 PREDICTIONS Caleb Mills, Houston 15 BY NFL.COM have specialized training and are the first to arrive and provide assistance at the Preseason Rookie of the Year AUTO REVIEW Moussa Cisse, Memphis 17 BY KBB.COM scene of an emergency. In 2018, the game was renamed to reflect the efforts to show First Team appreciation to first responders. Keith Williams, Cincinnati Ford Stadium was the site of the contest Jayden Gardner, East Carolina* Follow us on last December, marking the first time that Caleb Mills, Houston* the game, previously known as the Heart Davis And Jolly Selected Preseason All- Kendric Davis, SMU Twitter & Facebook of Dallas Bowl and TicketCity Bowl, was AAC; Mustangs Picked Third Brandon Rachal, Tulsa contested at a site other than Cotton Bowl Kendric Davis and Tyson Jolly have Second Team twitter.com/sportspagedfw Stadium. been selected to preseason All-American Chris Vogt, Cincinnati Schools who have competed in the first Athletic Conference teams, the league D.J. Jeffries, Memphis facebook.com/sportspageweek- decade of the First Responder Bowl announced on Wednesday. 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Liberty 5:30 4 November 6, 2020 - November 12, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 11 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com MLB WITH DIC HUMPHREY Two Rangers win Gold Glove Award games in 2021 and 117 games in 2022. Nadel commented on the workload, saying, “The Rangers have been very generous and understanding in letting me scale back the number of games I do. I can spend more time doing the other things I enjoy without having to retire.” Nadel won the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence in Baseball and has won the Texas Broadcaster of the Year Award eight times. On the 2021 front, MLB is discussing rules with the Players’ Union. Expanded playoffs and use of the designated hitter in both leagues are likely to be approved. The playoffs may be reduced to 14 teams instead of the 16 that made the playoffs this season to give the top seed in each league a first round bye. NOTABLE: • As expected, the Rangers did not exer- cise the 2021 team option for Corey Kluber at $18.5 million and paid the $1.0 million Joey Gallo and Isiah Kiner-Falefa win the coveted Gold Glove Award for fielding excellence buyout instead. That made Kluber a free agent. The Rangers have indicated they than anybody in baseball. His mentality to uled to take place in Dallas December still want to pursue Kluber for next year’s be the best right fielder was on display 7-10. The Owner Meetings scheduled for starting rotation at a lesser salary than the every night.” November 17-19 will also take place as a option. Isiah Kiner-Falefa was the other Ranger series of teleconferences. • Pitchers Jose Leclerc, Brock Burke and to win a Gold Glove. IKF was part of the The Rangers’ radio voice Eric Nadel Joe Palumbo were activated from the 60- Rangers’ catching corps in 2019 and a agreed to a two year extension of his con- day disabled list and added back to the back-up infielder. This spring, the Rangers tract with the team. He has been with the Rangers’ 40-man roster. decided to end the catching experiment and Rangers for 42 seasons, and with the exten- • Right-handed pitcher Ian Gibaut was BY DIC HUMPHREY basically foresaw him as a back-up infield- sion, he will make that 44.