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Texas A&M, which only two weeks ago held the coveted No. 4 spot in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, will try to bounce back from back-to-back upset losses when it hosts Texas-San Antonio in a non-conference game on Saturday afternoon (noon ET, ESPNU) at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas.The No. 23 Aggies (7-3, 4-3 SEC West) have struggled in November under head coach Kevin Sumlin, who is now squarely on the hot seat after losing at unranked Mississippi State 35-28 and blowing a 15-point lead in the final 15 minutes last week in a 29-28 home loss to Ole Miss 29-28.That was one of the toughest losses Ive ever been around, Aggies defensive coordinator John Chavis said Tuesday.Not only have Texas A&Ms CFP chances evaporated, the chances of even playing in a major bowl game is now in serious jeopardy.The Aggies lost starting quarterback Trevor Knight (shoulder) for the season against the Bulldogs and play-making free safety Armani Watts against the Rebels. And star defensive end Myles Garrett, considered the potential No. 1 overall pick in next springs NFL draft, also has been slowed by leg and ankle injuries. He had just one tackle against Ole Miss but is expected to play Saturday.Theres nobody in this building that are happy about the last two weeks, Sumlin said in his weekly Tuesday press conference. Theres no way you can be. Those are two games we wanted to win, two games -- where we were headed and what was at stake -- were big games.Texas A&M is now just 4-8 in its last 12 games in November with three of the wins over Louisiana-Monroe, Western Carolina and Vanderbilt. But the Aggies still have a chance to gain momentum going into the off-season and even finish with a 10-3 record if they can win their final three games (counting the bowl).First up is an interesting contest against a UTSA program on the rise on Saturday in College Station, Texas. A win over the Roadrunners would give Texas A&M some much needed confidence heading into the regular-season finale at home versus LSU.When its all said and done, depending on what happens in these next two games, says a lot about where this team is going to be, Sumlin said.UTSA is finishing up a three-game road trip that started with a 45-25 win over Middle Tennessee and included a 63-35 loss at Louisiana Tech in a Conference USA West Division showdown for first place.The Roadrunners have never defeated a nationally ranked team in five tries, the most recent a 69-14 loss at No. 25 Oklahoma State last season. UTSA did give a respectable Pac-12 opponent, Arizona State, a tussle earlier this season at home before losing 32-28.Those guys have gotten loose last couple of games. Sumlin said. Gone for quite a bit of yardage. Can really, really run.UTSA averages 170.4 yards rushing per game, which ranks 71st nationally. Sophomore Jalen Rhodes (70.9) and senior Jarveon Williams (67.5) have each scored eight touchdowns and combine for an average of 138.4 yards per game on the ground.Junior quarterback Jake Hubenak had a decent outing in his first full game as the starter for Texas A&M against Ole Miss. He completed 16 of 27 passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns and one interception and hit Christian Kirk for a 69-yard gain to set up the Aggies first touchdown. Hubenka also threw TD passes of 1 yard to Speedy Noil and 13 yards to Josh Reynolds. However, other than the long pass to Kirk, he managed only 144 passing yards, less than six yards per attempt.Without Knights presence as a running threat, Texas A&M didnt establish a strong running game against Mississippi, finishing the day with 129 rushing yards. Running back Trayveon Willliams led the Aggies with 72 yards and now needs 124 yards to reach 1,000 for the season.Injuries are not excuse in this league at this point in year, Sumlin said. Got to be more creative with what were doing. Last game, without the presence of Trevor, we were getting a different defense, where maybe we have to block everybody instead of reading one or two guys. It changes some things schematically but we still have to be who we are. Havent been that team last few games. Cheap Pelicans Jerseys . Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3 to clinch Britains opening-round victory against the United States on Sunday at Petco Park. "Im proud of the way Im playing just now, because I had to do a lot of work to get back to where I want to be," Murray said after celebrating with his teammates on the red clay court in a temporary stadium in left field of the downtown home of baseballs San Diego Padres. Pelicans Jerseys 2020 .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. https://www.cheappelicans.com/875u-darius-miller-jersey-pelicans.html . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. DeMarcus Cousins Jersey . Gather a group of friends, or find a league to join online, draft your team, set your lineup and compete in a number of different formats. Zylan Cheatham Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers added a chemistry test to the equation Thursday, trading beloved backup catcher A.J. Ellis to the Philadelphia Phillies in order to improve the teams fortunes against left-handed pitching.The Dodgers landed right-handed hitting catcher Carlos Ruiz in the transaction, as well as cash considerations, while minor league pitcher Tommy Bergjans and a player to be named later also went to the Phillies along with Ellis.Ellis was not only the longest tenured Dodgers player, having spent 13 years in the organization and the last seven in the major leagues, he was also extremely close with staff ace Clayton Kershaw. Ellis said a number of emotional goodbyes with players and staff Thursday, but the most emotional was with Kershaw.Baseball is funny, anything can happen in the future, but to know that in almost all likelihood I will never get to catch him again is without a doubt the most devastating thing I am feeling right now, Ellis said. To feel that and for both of us to hang out here and try to process what was happening, it was very difficult.Ellis has said that catching Kershaw is like having an up-close-and-personal look at somebody on the road to the Hall of Fame. The duo sat on the dugout bench together Thursday afternoon without much to say.I think the shock kind of it hit us both simultaneously and we both cried, Ellis said.Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said that team leadership and chemistry were all taken into account, suggesting that the front office chewed on the deal for multiple days. In the end, though, the Dodgers were intent on improving a lineup that was 13th in the National League in OPS against lefties at .663.Ruiz has just 44 at-bats against lefties this year, but he has two of his three home runs in those at-bats. He has 121 at-bats against right-handers. Over his 11-year career, Ruiz has a .275 batting average and an .814 OPS against lefties, compared to .2265 and .dddddddddddd.722 against righties.I think that is a big part of it is him against left-handed pitching, just the quality of at-bat, Friedman said of the 37-year-old Ruiz. It was something, as a whole that [we] were focused on in July and then into August was just ways to lengthen our lineup against left-handed pitching. ... With Carlos, we felt that we could get more offensive production out of that position.Ellis said he was at a neighborhood park with his son Thursday morning when he received a text to come for a meeting in manager Dave Roberts office. Although he guessed what the meeting was likely about, the confirmation of the trade hit him hard.Its a really, really sad day for me; its a really sad day for my family, Ellis said. The one thing I am most proud of is being a Dodger for my entire career. I was drafted by these guys in 03 and to have been the longest tenured Dodger was something I was extremely proud of. To have that gone now in a blink of an eye, without much time to feel finality to it, it rips your heart out.Ellis was getting only sporadic playing time of late as catcher Yasmani Grandal had been flourishing both behind the plate and with the bat. Ellis was batting just .194 with a .252 OPS in just 139 at-bats. But his departure is sure to be felt.Friedman was asked how much of the chemistry equation was considered to make the potential offensive return from Ruiz worth making the deal.All of our interests are perfectly aligned in terms of doing everything we can to bring a world championship back to Los Angeles, Friedman said. The various players we talked to on a personal level, its hard for everybody, but understood the thought process, and at least if they disagreed with the assessment of the players, just understand that the whole goal in everything we are trying to do is win. ' ' '
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