Just one week after lighting up the scoreboard with 55 points, the No. 22 Georgia Bulldogs (1-1) couldn’t find the end zone against the stingy No. 24 South Carolina defense, losing the conference game 17-6.

South Carolina (2-0) converted third downs at will all afternoon ending up 9-of14 while dominating time of possession, keeping the ball for over 35 minutes in the contest.

After rolling through last week’s tune-up against sparring partner, Louisiana-Lafayette, Dawgs starting quarterback, Aaron Murray ended the day 14-of-21 for 192 yards and no TDs.

On the other side, true freshman running back, Marcus Lattimore, was the offensive player of the game rushing for 182 yards on 37 carries and two touchdowns.

In all, the Gamecocks outgained the Bulldogs 354 to 253 yards including 189 to 61 yards on the ground.

Georgia was playing without their star receiver, A.J. Green who is sitting out a four-game suspension and his absence was clearly missed.

Georgia hosts Arkansas next week while South Carolina hosts Furman. Full box score on this game is here.

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Here is the mug shot of Floyd Mayweather Jr. that was taken by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department today after Junior was busted and booked on a felony theft charge that is said to have been triggered by a domestic violence complaint filed by his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris.

According to his attorney, Mayweather Jr. is accused of stealing an iPhone from Harris. The charge doesn’t sound like too big of a deal but according to AP reports, it is actually legally considered a felony and grand larceny charge.

The Clark County jail who took the mugshot held the fighter on $3,000 bail which he probably had in his back pocket at the time and considers pocket change.

Mayweather caused a media frenzy recently when he went on an internet feed and produced a profanity-laced, racial rant aimed at Manny Pacquiao, a man many consider to be the best pound-per-pound boxer in the world. A man many have accused Mayweather of ducking in the ring.

That rant contained enough Mother F-bombs to make a Scarface sequel and can be read about here.

Mayweather rant doesn’t attract Sharpton or Jesse? – Sports Climax

Mayweather Jr. Bitch-Slapped – Sports Climax

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With rookies Matthew Stafford in 2009 and Sam Bradford in 2010 landing landmark NFL deals, the veteran quarterbacks in the NFL are jumping on the bandwagon to the bank.

Tom Brady is the latest to sign a deal that makes him the highest paid player in the league. The news comes on the same day the Pro Bowl QB was involved in a two-car accident that he walked away from unhurt.

The terms of his four-year extended contract are said to be $18 million per season with $48.5 million guaranteed. The paperwork is awaiting submission then approval from the league office.

Brady is earning $6.5 million this season.

The average yearly payout of Brady’s deal tops the Eli Manning six-year, $97.5 million ($16.25 million average) extension that the New York Giants hurler signed last year.

Next in line is Eli’s brother, Peyton Manning, who has been promised by Colts owner, Jim Irsay, to be made the top paid player in the league.

Staggering Stats of Top 50 Paid Athletes – Sports Climax

NFL Quarterbacks Shatter Record Books in 2009 – Sports Climax

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NFL schedule Week One kicks off with a rematch of last season’s NFC Championship match-up when the Minnesota Vikings travel to the Jazz capitol of the world to take on the New Orleans Saints.

Expect the Who Dat faithful to be partying it up tailgating well before the kickoff.

Sunday Night Football pits one of the fiercest rivalries in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys traveling to D.C. to take on Donovan McNabb and the Washington Redskins.   

NFL Schedule Week One in its entirety is below.

Thursday Night Football September 9, 2010
Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints 8:30PM

Sunday Football September 12, 2010

Miami Dolphins vs Buffalo Bills 1:00PM
Oakland Raiders vs Tennessee Titans 1:00PM
Cincinnati Bengals vs New England Patriots 1:00PM
Carolina Panthers vs New York Giants 1:00PM
Atlanta Falcons vs Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00PM
Cleveland Browns vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00PM
Denver Broncos vs Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00PM
Indianapolis Colts vs Houston Texans 1:00PM
Detroit Lions vs Chicago Bears 1:0PM
San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks 4:15PM
Green Bay Packers vs Philadelphia Eagles 4:15PM
Arizona Cardinals vs St. Louis Rams 4:15PM

Sunday Night Football September 12, 2010
Dallas Cowboys vs Washington Redskins 8:20PM

Monday Night Football September 13, 2010
Baltimore vs New York Jets 7:00PM
San Diego Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs 10:15PM

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We haven’t thrown a Bitch Slap of the Week in a boxer’s direction maybe because the reality is, these guys could physically knock us into tomorrow. Regardless, we’re winding up and laying a few roundhouse and backhanded slaps on Floyd Mayweather Jr. for making racial slurs against Manny Pacquiao, the man Mayweather has been accused of avoiding to fight.

The content in the rant was as low-class as the quality of the video stream. But the shitty quality is all that rant deserved. Mayweather’s monologue lasted quite a while and was filled with enough mother f-er’s to fill a remake of the film, “Scarface”.

Our bitch slapping to Mayweather is nothing compared to what many analysts say the pounding by Pacman would be if Floyd ever quits ducking him and climbs into the ring to settle things.

Back to the video; this tirade is clearly demeaning to the Philippines living here and abroad and although we can all take a joke, this was the furthest thing from that regardless if Mayweather said so the following day in his apology.

So far, a lot of the negative reaction you would expect isn’t quite there as of yet.

Some of the profanity-laced rant is below. Now imagine if someone of another race was broadcasting this dialogue but directing it at an African-American fighter like Mayweather. (insert your own replacement words for example “yellow” to “black” and “rice/sushi” to “watermelon/fried chicken”) Seriously, do this and imagine the outcry coming from people of every race.

“As soon as we come off vacation, we’re going to cook that little yellow chump.. . . Once I kick the midget ass, I don’t want you all to jump on my d —. So you all better get on the bandwagon now. … Once I stomp the midget, I’ll make that mother f**ker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.”

….”that mother f**ker Pacquiao, he can’t speak no English. He never seen a contract he didn’t like. Mother f**ker signed with two companies, look it up. And then this mother f**ker with Nike only got 70 Gs. How stupid can a mother f**ker be? Reebok gave me a million dollars for three weeks. I wore Reebok s for a week for a million dollars.”

No more needs to be said.

Floyd, you’re getting our Bitch Slap of the Week!

Mayweather rant doesn’t attract Rev. Sharpton or Jesse Jackson? – Sports Climax

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Former WWF wrestler, Jim Neidhart, was cuffed and mugged in Florida on Sunday afternoon after allegedly causing a disturbance at a Tampa area gas station.

The most recent Jocks Behind Bars member, known as “The Anvil”, was hit with two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, two counts of trafficking illegal drugs, one count of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and one count of third degree grand theft.

According to reports, The Anvil was raising hell outside the A.J. Food Mart gas station and was seen dropping some pills.

After police responded to the scene and performed a search, they are said to have found Oxycontin and Methadone pills. The problem is, these meds were prescribed to someone else and that someone else told police her home had been broken into and those pills were stolen. That’s where the burglary charge comes in.

Local reports on Monday stated that Neidhart’s bond was set at $138,500.

Neidhart is the father of WWE Diva Natalya and had a successful wrestling career that included being a two-time WWF Tag Team champion. Prior to doing the wrestling circuit, he pursued an NFL career and suited up for the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys during a few preseasons.  

At the time this article was published, it had not been confirmed if he was bailed out or still behind bars.

The Anvil joins fellow wrestlers, Lex Luger, Steve Austin and Ric Flair in our Athletes Mugshot Gallery here.

Jocks Behind Bars – Sports Climax

Athletes Mugshot Gallery (75 photos) – Sports Climax

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Tim Tebow is already being missed in Gainesville and the first game in the post-Tebow era was so bad we should expect the Florida Gators to drop well below their No. 4 ranking after this dud. As appalling as it looked, the Gators did manage a victory, however, and beat heavy underdog Miami (Ohio) 34-12 Saturday.

Gators’ quarterback John Brantley has been waiting in Tebow’s shadows for years and was finally given an opportunity. He squandered the chance, leading his offense to just 25 yards, including minus-16 rushing, through the first three quarters.

Through acts of their defense, the Gators still managed to lead 21-12 thanks to picks by Jon Bostic, Janoris Jenkins and Ahmad Black with Jenkins actually returning his pick 67 yards to the house putting Florida up 7-3 in the first half.

The Gators post-game presser included what I thought was a polite reference to their performance considering how awful it truly was. “I didn’t imagine the offense’s incompetence that we experienced today,” head coach Urban Meyer said.

Considering there were eight fumbles and only a few dozen yards after three quarters, I would have expected a little harsher response from Meyer. That may have come behind closed doors prior to the presser.

Brantley’s final passing stats for his first start in The Swamp were 17-of-25 for 113 yards and two TDs with his longest play after three quarters being a 10-yard toss to Omarius Hines. When’s the last time the Gators fans sat through three quarters at The Swamp seeing one lone offensive play for 10 yards?

Although the scoreboard read 34-12 at the final gun, much of the Gators number came in the fourth quarter on a Jeff Demp 72-yard touchdown sprint and a Chris Rainey touchdown.

After this debacle, it will be interesting to see if the Gators even can remain in the top ten in this week’s polls.

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UFC 118 purse has been disclosed. Below is the list of individual MMA fighters and overall card payouts as reported by the promoters. The total overall payroll for the fighters was $1,428,000.

The top earning fighter was the man who most thought climbed into the octagon the least prepared, James Toney. Toney was put out in the first round by Randy Couture after getting knocked to the floor with a basic take-down before tapping out before the round was over.

Interesting how someone can look like they’ve been living on Dunkin’ Donuts and get their ass handed to them in the ring so quick and end up padding their bank account more than any of the other fighters the same night.

MMA is looking like boxing where the better man doesn’t always get paid the most. Couture took home $250,000, half of Toney’s $500,000 pay.

Read further and you will see the entire card and payouts.

MAIN CARD FIGHTS ON PAY-PER-VIEW

Frankie Edgar: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000

Randy Couture: $250,000 def. James Toney: $500,000

Demian Maia: $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus) def. Mario Miranda: $8,000

Gray Maynard: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Kenny Florian: $65,000

Nate Diaz: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $31,000

UNDERCARD FIGHTS NOT SHOWN ON PAY-PER-VIEW

Dan Miller: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. John Salter: $8,000

Joe Lauzon: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000

Mike Pierce: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Amilcar Alves: $6,000

Nik Lentz: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Andre Winner: $10,000

Greg Soto: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Nick Osipczak: $10,000

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The most recent guilty verdict against an NHL player for slamming down too much alcohol came yesterday in Scottsdale, Arizona when Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was found guilty of speeding and operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol over twice the legal limit.

The 37-year-old goalie was originally arrested on February 8, 2010 after he was pulled over for speeding in his black Ferrari and blowing a .164 count. The cops responded by cuffing him and having him cheese for the mugshot shown here. Not really a bad mug considering how much the dude drank.

This guilty verdict is bad news for the Oilers and their netminder since driving with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit in Arizona is known as an extreme DUI and extreme DUI offenders many times spend a minimum of 30 days behind bars.

If that happens then Khabibulin may miss a few weeks of the Oilers’ training camp that starts Sept. 17. Although a veteran, Khabibulin could use the ice time after missing most of last year due to a herniated disc that required going under the knife in January.

The sentencing trial is said to be set for August 31 pending approval of the state.

Khabibulin joins other NHL stars Patrick Kane and Chris Chelios in our Jocks Behind Bars and don’t forget the honorable mention for Sergei Federov who can be found cheesing in our Athletes Mugshots Gallery.

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Jay Mariotti arrested in Los Angeles and charged with a felony. Those words sound like something we would never have expected to hear.

After all Mariotti, the ESPN analyst and AOL Fanhouse writer, spends time trash-talking about all the athletes who have ruined or interrupted their careers with trips behind bars and their time spent cheesing for mugshots.

 According to news sources, a sheriff department spokesperson said the 51-year-old Mariotti was cuffed and arrested early Saturday after being involved in a “domestic incident.”

Bond for the ex-Chicago Sun-Times reporter was said to be set at $50,000.

Mariotti who resides in L.A. is an analyst for the high-energy, opinionated ESPN show “Around the Horn.”

He also runs a regular sports column for AOL Fanhouse.com.

Mariotti becomes the newest member of our Jocks Behind Bars and in fairness to all the athletes who have felt the wrath of Jay and websites like ours, we will update this article and be posting the Jay Mariotti mugshot when it becomes available.

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