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Police: Raiders’ Ruggs to face DUI case in Vegas fatal crash

(AP) — Raiders wide re- Alabama, caught 12 passes 6-yard touchdown pass from
ceiver Henry Ruggs III is Ruggs and his female passen- The Raiders released a state- for 229 yards and six touch- Tua Tagovailoa in the 26-23
facing a driving under the ger were hospitalized. Ruggs’ ment saying the team is downs as a freshman with victory against Georgia in the
influence charge after a injuries were described by of- aware of the accident involv- Alabama in 2017. He caught a championship game.
fiery vehicle crash early ficials as not life-threatening. ing Ruggs. “We are devas-
Tuesday in Las Vegas that His female passenger was not tated by the loss of life and
left a woman dead and immediately identified. our thoughts and prayers go
Ruggs and his female pas- out to the victim’s family,”
senger injured, authorities Charges were not imme- the team said. “We are in the
said. diately filed. Clark County process of gathering informa-
District Attorney Steve Wolf- tion and will have no further
According to police, Ruggs son said he was aware of the comment at this time.”
was driving a Chevrolet Cor- crash and would await results
vette a little before 3:40 a.m. of the police investigation. Ruggs is a second-year wide
when it crashed into the rear receiver who was taken 12th
of a Toyota Rav4 on a busy Probation is not an option in overall in the 2020 draft af-
thoroughfare in a residential Nevada for a conviction on a ter a productive three-year
area several miles west of the charge of DUI causing death, career at Alabama, including
Las Vegas Strip. which carries a possible sen- helping the Crimson Tide
tence of two to 20 years in win the national champion-
The Toyota caught fire and state prison. ship as a freshman in 2017.
the driver died, police said.
She was not immediately Ruggs’ attorneys, Da- Ruggs has 24 catches for a
identified. vid Chesnoff and Richard team-high 469 yards and two
Schonfeld, said that on be- touchdowns this season. As
Ruggs, 22, “showed signs of half of their client they also a rookie in 2020, he had 26
impairment,” police said in were investigating the crash catches for 452 yards and two
a statement that said he will “and ask everyone to reserve touchdowns.
be charged with felony DUI judgment until all the facts
resulting in death. are gathered.” Ruggs, from Montgomery,

CFP rankings set scope of race, show benefits of expansion

will be that with four or five ferences in recent years, so selection, no one has moved
weeks to go in the season, slide unbeaten Cincinnati on further than from seventh to
there will be 25 or 30 teams to that pile. the final four, which doesn’t
that have a legitimate claim promote the long-term inter-
and practical opportunity to There is a first time for ev- est over the season that we
participate,” Big 12 Commis- erything, so if you want to might like,” Notre Dame AD
sioner Bob Bowlsby said back stretch the list — and the Jack Swarbrick said.
in June. “That should make imagination — a little fur-
for an extraordinarily good ther, add a couple of SEC Using past final selection
October and November.” teams that are still in position committee rankings to fill out
to win the conference with a 12-team bracket with the
Without even seeing the com- two losses. proposed criteria, 12 teams
mittee’s rankings, a glance with at least three losses —
at the AP Top 25 and seven Add Notre Dame with one all from Power Five confer-
years of CFP selections make loss, because you never know. ences — would have made
it easy to see which teams the playoff from 2014-19.
head into November with a That’s, at most, 14 of 130
(AP) - The first College determine a national cham- realistic chance to reach the FBS teams with CFP aspira- Some fans cringe at the
Football Playoff rankings pion, will be in North Texas final four. tions and five weeks left to thought of a team with that
of the season will be un- this week. play. many Ls reaching the playoff
veiled Tuesday night, re- Unbeaten Power Five con- and worry about how that di-
vealing the scope of the The selection committee’s ference teams: Georgia, If the proposed 12-team for- minishes the importance of
national championship work is done by Tuesday af- Oklahoma, Michigan State, mat, with automatic bids for the very best regular-season
race while also providing ternoon. The management Wake Forest. the six highest-ranked FBS games. Michigan-Michigan
Exhibit A in the case for committee, comprised of 10 conference champions, was State would not have pushed
expanding the field. conference commissioners Power Five teams with one in place this season, a con- the loser to the brink of elim-
and Notre Dame’s athletic loss and a chance to win a servative count of teams that ination.
The current four-team for- director, is scheduled to meet conference: Alabama, Ohio would currently have playoff But a larger field raises the
mat is fine for crowning a de- Wednesday and Thursday as State, Oregon, Michigan, hopes would be more than stakes on a game such as
serving champion, but it has it tries to hammer out the Oklahoma State, Baylor. double that. No. 12 Auburn at No. 13
reduced interest in the rest of future structure of the CFP. Texas A&M on Saturday, and
the non-playoff bowl games There is a lot of support for History suggests that’s the That would include any team breathes life into Novem-
among fans, players and even a proposed 12-team format, list. from a Power Five confer- ber for dozens of teams that
coaches while also narrow- but consensus needs to be ence with two losses or few- otherwise would, at best, be
ing the focus during the final unanimous and that is not yet No team from a non-Power er, but in reality even a team hoping for New Year’s Six
month of the season to fewer the case. Five conference has ever with three losses entering bowl bids that their best play-
than 10% of all major college made the playoff. No team November would still be in ers may or may not decide to
football teams. When the 12-team model with more than one loss has play to make a run. play.
was made public in June, ever made the playoff.
Both the CFP selection com- participation was touted as “When we did the analysis “We think that’s a model that
mittee, charged with rankings one of the main reasons for However, the committee has of this, one of the things that keeps a lot more teams alive
teams, and the management expansion. shown some signs of warm- jumped out was in the cur- a lot longer into the sea-
committee, responsible for ing up to schools from the rent model ... in four of the son and generates interest,”
putting together a format to “The practical effect of this so-called Group of Five con- last five years, in the initial Swarbrick said.