Florida Citrus Tabs Auburn

Auburn will play Michigan in the Florida Citrus Bowl, provided the Tigers don’t win the Southeastern Conference title game.

The Citrus Bowl extended the invitation Wednesday for the Jan. 1 game. A victory over No. 7 Florida on Dec. 2 in Atlanta would land the No. 17 Tigers in the bowl championship series and the Sugar Bowl.

In that case, the Citrus Bowl would invite either Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi State or Louisiana State.

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Chester Taylor ran for 134 yards and three touchdowns as Toledo beat Bowling Green, 51-17, at Toledo, Ohio, keeping the Rockets’ hopes of an at-large bowl bid alive. Toledo improved to 10-1 and 6-1 in the Mid-American Conference. Bowling Green fell to 2-9, 2-6.

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Tennessee Titan assistant head coach George “Duke” Henshaw has withdrawn from consideration as head coach at West Virginia.

Henshaw, 52, had been considered a top candidate to replace retiring Don Nehlen.

Henshaw was a defensive tackle at West Virginia from 1967-69, serving as a team captain the final season. He has been with the Titans since 1997.

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Utah backup quarterback Joel Gines has been diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer.

Coach Ron McBride told the team Tuesday night that Gines, 23, learned over the weekend that he has synovial sarcoma.

Gines begins at least three weeks of chemotherapy treatments on Monday. Surgery is planned after two chemotherapy cycles to remove a growth on his groin.