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LONDON -- Wayne Rooney faced a highly unusual public rebuke from the England leadership on Thursday over his late-night revelry at the team hotel.The English Football Association believes Rooney wasnt living up to his responsibilities as captain of the national team after being pictured on Saturday night bleary-eyed at a wedding reception at the hotel.Rooneys future as captain was already under scrutiny, as he was no longer guaranteed of his starting spot for England or Manchester United.Although the 31-year-old striker was off-duty at the time of the hotel incident, the FAs unhappiness with the conduct of the teams figurehead could harm his prospects of retaining the armband.Its disappointing, FA chief executive Martin Glenn said outside a meeting of Premier League team executives in London. Its appropriate that he apologized because it doesnt set a great tone for the England captain.Glenn said he doesnt want to over-dramatize the incident but it will lead to new rules for players about how they can spend nights off while away with England. The FA is also investigating whether members of the England backroom staff were with Rooney when he dropped in on a wedding reception at the team hotel north of London.Why on earth you would be doing that, given there is an understanding, a team agreement around alcohol consumption during camp, Glenn said. So there would be questions asked for sure.The incident on the day after Fridays win over Scotland is a blot on Rooneys character after the United captain was thought to have curbed his previously erratic behavior on and off the field.It has sparked a fresh wave of negative publicity for England in a year that saw the team eliminated from the European Championship in the round of 16 and Sam Allardyce forced out of the managers job for unguarded comments to undercover reporters posing as businessmen.Rooney was quick to apologize in public and privately to England interim manager Gareth Southgate, who is waiting to discover whether he will be handed the job permanently. Southgate previously said Rooney missed Tuesdays friendly with Spain through injury rather than as punishment for his late-night antics.Rooney, who began his career at Everton, received backing from an unlikely source: Liverpool.These boys, this generation, is the most professional generation of footballers -- not only in England, but (the) England (team), too, that there has ever been, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said. All the legends we love and admire, they drank like devils and smoked like crazy, but they were still good players. No one does it any more. I dont know anyone now.We had a Christmas party and I had to fill peoples glasses. Its about timing. When you are in the wrong time at the wrong place its not good as a professional. I have no idea where Wayne was, but Im pretty sure its not really serious.Rooneys trouble stemmed from the fact he posed for pictures wearing his England training gear in the early hours to please fans attending the wedding. Those images were then handed to The Sun newspaper which splashed them across the front page.Englands well-paid stars have also been criticized for living closeted lives away from fans, and Burnley manager Shaun Dyche believes the Rooney incident shows why players are unapproachable. Vapormax Nere Saldi .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. Nike Vapormax Italia . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. http://www.vapormaxscontateoutlet.it/vapormax-bianche-scontate-outlet.html . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Vapormax Plus Saldi .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. Vapormax Saldi .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. Rivalry Week is here. Its also the final week of the regular season and the top five teams in the College Football Playoff rankings face challenges from their biggest rivals.With a week to go until the final rankings, keep up to date with the latest for the playoff contenders.Dinich projects the committees top sixClemson showed no signs of a letdown against rival South Carolina and is headed to the ACC championship game where it will face Virginia Tech. The Tigers should be a lock for the top four if they win the ACC title, along with Alabama.AlabamaOhio StateClemsonWashingtonMichiganWisconsinPac-12 states its caseThe Pac-12 punctuated the regular season with the best possible results, as wins by Washington and Colorado set up a conference championship game that will feature two top-10 teams and give the winner one final boost to its playoff resume. The good news for Colorado is that the Big Ten is guaranteed to have a two-loss conference champ. The bad news? Ohio State is still in the mix after knocking off No. 3 Michigan, so the Pac-12 winner must impress the committee more than the one-loss Buckeyes or the Big Ten champ. The Pac-12 winners resume will be put under a microscope, and selection committee chair Kirby Hocutt said last week that the group has hesitated to rank Washington any higher because of its weak strength of schedule. That could change, though, with a league title against a ranked opponent.Ohio State, Penn State wins wreak havoc on CFPPenn State clinched the Big Tens East division with its win over Michigan State and Michigans loss to Ohio State, pitting the Nittany Lions against Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game. At 11-1, Ohio State still makes a great case to finish in the top four because it has four wins against ranked opponents, but its still going to need some help because it lost the head-to-head result to Penn State. If the Nittany Lions win the Big Ten, they would have the edge over Ohio State in two of the committees tiebreakers they consult when resumes are comparable. PSU doesnt have the league title yet, though, so a gap will likely remain between it and OSU on Tuesday. Michigans playoff hopes took a huge hit with the loss, but because it was a double overtime loss on the road to the No. 2 team in the country, its possible the Wolverines dont drop out of the top four entirely this week because their resume still has three wins against top 10 teams and that might still trump Washingtons strength of schedule. Because a two-loss Big Ten champion is now guaranteed, though, it further strengthens Washingtons case if the Huskies can finish as a one-loss Pac-12 champ.Bama still the 1Alabama avoided any scare from Auburn in the Iron Bowl and is the only undefeated Power 5 team remaining heading into championship week. The Tide should remain the selection committees clear-cut No. 1 -- about the only thing thats certain heading into Tuesdays top four. Alabama will face Florida in the SEC title game. Speaking of the Gators, they were almost assuredly eliminated from the playoff even if they upset the Crimson Tide in the SEC championship. Yes, it would be an epic upset, but there are too many other good teams out there with fewer losses and better resumes - including Alabama.How Saturday affects the Big 12s chancesOklahoma and Oklahoma State are off this week, but they got a little bit of a boost from the outcomes in the Big Ten, which is now guaranteed tto have a two-loss conference champion in either Penn State or Wisconsin.dddddddddddd. Its good news for the Big 12 because its champion will then be compared against a two-loss Big Ten champ instead of a one-loss Ohio State or Michigan champ. It would also help, though, if Washington or Clemson lost again.Is Western Michigan in?The highest-ranked Group of 5 champion is guaranteed a spot in a New Years Six bowl, and after No. 19 Boise States loss to Air Force, undefeated and No. 21-ranked Western Michigan should be the committees top-ranked Group of 5 team this week after its 55-35 win over Toledo. No. 20 Houston also lost on Friday, to Memphis. Western Michigan will play Ohio for the first time this season in the MAC championship game at Ford Field in Detroit. If the Broncos win, they should be headed to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.Playoff impact gamesFriday, Nov. 25No. 5 Washington 45, Washington State 17Iowa 40, No. 16 Nebraska 10Saturday, Nov. 26No. 2 Ohio State 30, No. 3 Michigan 27 2OTNo. 1 Alabama 30, No. 13 Auburn 12Notre Dame at No. 12 USC, 3:30 ET (ABC/ESPN App)No. 7 Penn State 45, Michigan State 12No. 6 Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 17No. 22 Utah at No. 9 Colorado, 7:30 ETSouth Carolina at No. 4 Clemson, 7:30 ET (ESPN/ESPN App)PickCenterRooting guideIf youre a fan of one of these teams on the outside of the playoff picture, looking in, heres who you should be rooting for the rest of the day.Oklahoma: South Carolina, Penn StateThe two-loss Big 12 teams didnt get any help from Washington State, which was routed by Washington. A South Carolina upset over one-loss Clemson would be nice, but what the Sooners could really use is Penn State winning the Big Ten, so they would be compared with a fellow two-loss conference champ.Oklahoma State:?South Carolina, Penn StateThe Cowboys are looking at the same scenarios as the Sooners, even if coach Mike Gundy thinks his teams record should be 10-1 considering the controversial finish to the Central Michigan game.USC: Utah, then pure chaosBefore anything else, USC needs Utah to beat Colorado, so the Trojans have a chance to win the Pac-12 title. They needed things to go really crazy, and so far, it hasnt. Washington handled Washington State, so USC waits to watch if South Carolina can knock off Clemson and hope for a ton of Big Ten upsets. Even that might not be enough, but with a second win over the Huskies in the Pac-12 title game, it could get interesting.Brewing Big Ten controversyThere appears to be a caveat in the College Football Playoff selection committees protocol that could keep Ohio State in the top four even if Penn State -- which beat the Buckeyes -- goes on to win the Big Ten.According to the protocol, strength of schedule, head-to-head competition and championships won must be specifically applied as tie-breakers between teams that look similar.Heres the catch: As of right now, the committee doesnt think No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Penn State look similar.Does the selection committee see a small margin of separation this week between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Penn State? We do not, selection committee chair Kirby Hocutt told reporters on Tuesday evening.For more, click here.Low: Its time to start thinking about two Big Ten teams in the playoff.Dinich: If the College Football Playoff were today. ' ' '

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