Georgia

A frightening-looking melee broke out at a Georgia Wal-Mart when shoppers rushed cases of cellphones that offered pre-paid, unlimited usage plans. A video of the Thursday night scene (below) posted on YouTube shows a mob of customers at the Moultrie store pushing toward a display of cellphone boxes, their words drowned out over an unintelligible chorus of shouts. At one point, a man shoves his hand over a woman's mouth as she begins to back away from the area and the woman appears to bite his hand in response.

NEW YORK - There's a transition phase for new players, a period of acclimation. But Shabazz Muhammad might just speed through that process, just as he might speed through his college career and bolt to the NBA after his freshman season. It took all of two games for the talented UCLA swingman to transition from a player who's just trying to familiarize himself to a player who could rescue his team from a loss. The highly rated Muhammad scored a game-high 21 points to carry the No. 11 Bruins past Georgia, 60-56, Tuesday in the consolation game of the Legends Classic tournament at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Five things to watch this week in college football. 1. Notre Dame is No.1 in the Associated Press poll for the first time since 1993 and is headed west to USC for a trip that could clinch for the Irish a Bowl Championship Series title-game berth. USC is reeling after its loss to UCLA and may have to face Notre Dame without senior quarterback Matt Barkley. Other than that, there is little drama brewing. 2. Michigan at Ohio State is a relative sidebar in the larger BCS sense because undefeated Ohio State isn't eligible for the postseason this season.

The latest Bowl Championship Series standings on Sunday subbed out Kansas State and Oregon for two of college football's most valuable properties. Notre Dame and Alabama, traditional powers that have each won eight Associated Press titles in their storied histories, are No. 1 and No. 2 in the latest BCS standings. Notre Dame, the only eligible undefeated school in the national title race, has a BCS average of .9973, followed by Alabama at .9333. The schools will meet for the national title on Jan. 7 in South Florida provided Notre Dame wins at USC this week and Alabama closes with victories against Auburn and Georgia in the SEC championship game.

There was controversy a few weeks ago when Florida debuted at No. 2 behind Alabama in the Bowl Championship Series standings. Oregon fans were curious since the Ducks were No. 2 in both polls. Well, Florida won't be No. 2 anymore, after losing an ugly 17-9 game to BCS No. 10 Georgia in Jacksonville. The loss severely damages the Gators' national title hopes. Florida (7-1) will only play No. 1 Alabama if the schools meet for the Southeastern Conference title. Georgia (7-1)

An ex-church employee suspected of killing a man leading morning prayers at a suburban Atlanta megachurch Wednesday was arrested hours after the shooting, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Floyd Palmer, a 52-year-old former employee of the World Changers Church, was taken into custody, Eric Heinze, a deputy with the service, said by telephone from Georgia. The arrest was carried out by a task force that included the Marshals and the Fulton County police, he said. There were no other details immediately available about the arrest or possible motive, he said.

A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning in a Georgia megachurch run by Creflo Dollar, killing at least one person, authorities said. The suspect was at large. Fulton County police received a call at 9:55 a.m. to a shooting at World Changer Church in College Park, near Atlanta, where a suspect entered the chapel and began firing,  police Cpl. Kay Lester told The Times. Services are usually held at the church at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays, Lester said. But it was not clear how many people were there when the shooting started.

USC had the weekend off, but the Trojans climbed in the polls Sunday after three top-five teams lost. USC, a 38-28 winner at Utah on Thursday, got a bump courtesy of Florida State, Louisiana State and Georgia defeats on Saturday. The Trojans moved from No. 13 to No. 11 in the Associated Press media poll and from No. 12 to No. 9 in the USA Today coaches' poll. "It's out of our control so we don't worry about it and don't pay attention to it," Coach Lane Kiffin said after practice Sunday.

Georgia linebacker Christian Robinson said on his Twitter account that he returned from the Bulldogs' lopsided loss at South Carolina on Saturday night to find a house he shares with quarterback Aaron Murray "egged and rolled. " Georgia was No. 5 before the 35-7 loss to South Carolina. The Bulldogs fell to No. 14 in the Associated Press top 25 on Sunday. Robinson, a senior, concluded that the toilet paper and eggs on the house were a result of the loss. He posted on his Twitter account, "Seems that people turn on you when you're not perfect.

Top-ranked Alabama rested at home as four other undefeated top-10 teams from the Southeastern Conference jumped straight to 2014 and staged their own four-team playoff. It's always pre-Copernicus down South, where the sun revolves around the SEC. Highlights from other games — West Virginia at Texas, Miami at Notre Dame, Nebraska at Ohio State — could be revisited on TV wrap-up shows. Geno who? Notre what? Florida State was where? The question we wanted answered Saturday was "Who is No. 2?"