i went to a texas tcu game at texas last year. i almost fell asleep. texas was good, tcu wasn't. not at all. > wow. >> you've name dropped your chancellor so many times today. >> contract's up. >> but i really think that college basketball if you look at the ratings are completely flatlined right now. regular season. the regular season is completely irrelevant. i had a coach tell me this summer that they had their league meetings and the espn came in and basically said the mac football wednesday night game of the week, basically outrates carolina-duke. so we're an event-driven culture. every saturday there's an event on campus at tcu, texas, et cetera. there's so much oversaturation and one of the negative reverberations is everyone is on tv. so it's not special any more. most nights in january i can watch nine or ten games. i find myself watching less because if you can watch vcu during the regular season -- >> you have some serious west hoops if you're watching less. >> i love college basketball. i think it's a compelling sport in a lot of different ways but there's no juice le

taxes was good and tcu was not. [laughter] not at all. wow. >> we were great. >> you name dropped so much today. i really think that college basketball if you look at the ratings are completely flat lines right now. >> the regular season. >> the regular season is completely irrelevant. i had a coach tell me this --mer at a recruiting event he said the football wednesday basically outeek rates carolina-duke. we are an event-driven culture. there is so much oversaturation. it is one of the negative reverberations. everybody is on tv so it is not special anymore. i can watch nine or 10 games in january. i find myself watching less because you can watch bcu 20 times during the regular season. >> some serious west coast hoops. >> i love college basketball. i think it is a compelling sport in a lot of different ways, but there is no juice left in the regular season. i think it is somewhat oversaturation. the prism through which the sport is covered. if some white loses a game in december, they will not be a number three seed, they will be a num

the comeback, tcu, they scored 24 points that is baylor, in the final there and tcu they beat them byo some golf now. moon bay enjoying the weekend at silverado in napa around the corner there and check out the final three holes. then the short putt for eagle. then a birdie putt on 18. he was in the zone. bay shoots a 7 under 65 to take a four shot lead into the final round. >>> derrick carr is expected to start tomorrow when the raiders host the san diego. and you can see the game right here on kpix 5. carr was injured two weeks ago in london. head coach made it clear that they need their rookie to drive the carr. >> i said told him. this is your football team you know you're a quarterback. and you know we don't have time for you to be a rookie right now. the team needs you to step up and be that leader and don't sit around and wait. you know and to do that, and you know derrick's dna is -- you know i mean he wants to -- he wants to go out there and do that. you know he wants to be the leader. >> there's no real you know easing into it anymore. you know we've already done that for th

the director of athletics at tcu. he asserted that positions and 2009. steve utterson is the university of texas athletics director. among other roles he was general etsager of the houston rock and portland trail blazers. writer from sports illustrated, who covers both the well and basketball. he worked for the new york times where he was nominated for a pulitzer prize. commissioner had planned to be with us today, but he is homer cooper rating from surgery. we'll want wish him the best. all opinions expressed today are those of the panels themselves, and do not represent the organizations with which they are represented. our regional or of the national board relations ruled that the players should be allowed to form a union. that was only a day after the so-called big five f what it conferences, in essence, broke away from the arrest of the -- from the rest of the ncaa. fow does the commerce of college sports now change? has do not know that it changed all that much over the years. for a long time schools have competed. it is a part of the american cult

oklahoma in trouble against tcu. boykin 29 yards.. 41 yards the other way, tcu up after a blocked extra point. returned wouldby oklahoma for t. sooners need a touch done. hail mary incomplete. tcu with the upset. four of the top six teams in the nation all lost this week. we'll have much more coverage tonight after the games. do not want to miss it. nationals under way. 1-0 in the series. tim hudson facing jordan zimmerman. it's 1-0 nafgs tionals. more on that after the game. michigan and nebraska on deck. we'll break down the day in college baseball, football, a little bit of everything. but a lot of teams upset. opening up a lot of doors for other teams. >> interesting. very good. thank you. >>> that will do it for this edition of abc 7 news. thanks so much for joining us. whoa! yeah i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv and the tablet worked just fine but i wanted to see if the phone will work as well. so i shrunk sharon. every channel's live just like on tv but it's my phone. it's genius. s

tcu taking on oklklahoma state. tcu clobbers oklahoma state 42-9.e road taking on alabama. you think the crimson tide were angry coming into this one? maybe people doubting how good this team is or could be, look at blake sims, keeps it, make a couple of defenders miss and then outruns the rest of them. alabama absolutely lays waste to a&m 59-0. georgia second game without todd gurley. they've got nick chubb, over 200 yards rushing, 43 on this carry. georgia wins 45-32. elsewhere in the sec florida has not looked good. six turnovers on the day. missouri a couple of returns for scores. they win easily 42-13 in the swamp. pac 12 washington and oregon, oregon wearing beautiful 1994 throw backs.

tcu taking on oklahoma state. tcu clobbers oklahoma state 42-9.e road taking on alabama. you think the crimson tide were angry coming into this one? maybe people doubting how good this team is or could be, look at blake sims, keeps it, make a couple of defenders miss and then outruns the rest of them. alabama absolutely lays waste to a&m 59-0. georgia second game without todd gurley. they've got nick chubb, over 200 yards rushing, 43 on this carry. georgia wins 45-32. elsewhere in the sec florida has not looked good. six turnovers on the day. missouri a couple of returns for scores. they win easily 42-13 in the swamp. pac 12 washington and oregon, oregon wearing beautiful 1994 throw backs. here's roadways freeman, one of four touchdowns on the day for the freshman. oregon wins easily. over on espn stanford and arizona state, d.j. foster on third and goal takes it over from one yard out. arizona has opened up their lead to 14-0. jalen strong with a touchdown catch in this one. they're at the half in tempe. usc, no problem with colorado, 56-28. cody

they're pulled up for the game against ninth ranked tcu.trailed by 21 early in the fourth quarter but there they took up. petty find coleman from 24 yards out. the game was tied. not kidding look at that. baylor goes up and gets the ball and callahan wins it from 24 yards out. baylor beat tcu 61-58. bears are now 6-0. >>> it's like a low scoring college basketball game. all right, third round of the fries.com open. moon bay enjoying his week. the par save from off the green. the short putt for the eagle right here? getting it to go and then the short putt for not a short one. a longer one right there for his seventh -- to go 7 under and shoot a 65 and take a four shot lead into the final round. that's right in our backyard. >>> derrick carr will take tomorrow off versus san diego and you can see it here on kpix 5, he was injured two weeks ago in london and now head coach made it clear they need the rookie to drive the car. >> this is your football team you know. you're a quarterback. and we don't have time for you to be a rookie right now.

since tcu joined the big 12, theyey've had so many distractions. that win is kind of off to the side a little bit with some of the other high profile upsets. >> chris: sadler's punt is a high one and a short one. another reminder, "monday night football" on espn, mike tirico, jon gruden bring you russell wilson and the seahawks traveling to the nation's capital to tax ke on kirk cousi and the washington redskins. 8:15 on espn. cooks, get it with the aprons there, number 18, she's hat? >> kirk: yeah. >> chris: we don't have the clever market corners down in oxford. >> kirk: no, no. but you know what, at least they're still here. there are very few students still here getting it out. >> chris: the postgame activities have begun for the student body. >> kirk: i guess so. >> chris: it hasn't been a party for armstrong tonight. there's a flag down. incomplete on the far side. marker was on the fear side just beyond the line of scrimmage. going to be offsides. >> referee: offsides, defense, number 98. five-yard penalty. repeopat first down. >> chris: the

since tcu joined the big 12, they've had so many distractions. that win is kind of off to the side a little bit with some of the other high profile upsets. >> chris: sadler's punt is a high one and a short one. another reminder, "monday night football" on espn, mike tirico, jon gruden bring you russell wilson and the seahawks traveling to the nation's capital to tax ke on kirk cousi and the washington redskins. 8:15 on espn. cooks, get it with the aprons there, number 18, she's hat? >> kirk: yeah. >> chris: we don't have the clever market corners down in oxford. >> kirk: no, no. but you know what, at least they're still here. there are very few students still here getting it out. >> chris: the postgame activities have begun for the student body. >> kirk: i guess so. >> chris: it hasn't been a party for armstrong tonight. there's a flag down. incomplete on the far side. marker was on the fear side just beyond the line of scrimmage. going to be offsides. >> referee: offsides, defense, number 98. five-yard penalty. repeopat first down. >> chris: the

the academic improvement, think about tcu. eight years ago our sat was where it was. , a perfect storm headed together. 10 years later we have 20,000 for 1600 spots. we are the brand of our institution. our sat and a cd have gone through the roof. the quality of student has gone through the roof. there is a presence of big sports. the greatest mistake was leaving the big ten. mainstream kids love college athletics. they love it. we are packed every game. it is a wonderful experience. win, lose, draw it is the fiber of our institution. make 90%reat, but we of the media. that brand, we are a good regional institution. through the rise of sports we have changed the face of tcu. i firmly believe that. there is some value to that. when you only make between 3-5% of a institutional budget and the engine that is the university academic achievement and greatness, and you are a small portion of that, we focus so much on that small portion and not the total telling -- the totality of what we bring of the table. >> is there difference in

people filled this chapel at texas christian university to pray for nina pham, the 26-year-old nurse and tcuduate was the first to contract the virus while caring for duncan, who died of the disease last week. while it's not clear how she got the virus, a national nurses union says several unidentified nurses at texas health told them the hospital was not prepared to treat ebola cases. but the hospital maintains there are safety measures in place. cdc director tom frieden admits the agency could have done more to prevent the disease from spreading and now they will. >> we will put a team on the ground within hours with some of the world's

against tcu, boykins, 20 yards for gray. game tied at 31, fourth quarter.ooner quarterback, trevor knight, rising to the arms of paul dawson. 41 yards the other way. and 33 after the blocked extra point. so with five seconds left. sooners need a touchdown. hail mary, answered. four of the top six teams in the nation all lost this week. wow. number 6 is, texas a&m, also lost. and now ucla loses to utah. 40 yards for the touch the down, 48-27. ucla, and field goal, gave them the lead. four seconds left. 59 yarder for the win. it was blocked. however, they call a running in to the kick penalty on utah and no time left on the clock. wide right. utah wins, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. back to the national playoffs now. they are up for grabs. 49ers host kansas city, we will see. we will have the details tomorrow at 5:00, raiders have a bye. that is enough for me. >> should we be scared? >> never get enough. >> i'm done. >> that is going to do it, abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. thanks for joining us, have a good saturday night. this is "jeopardy!" introd

tcu high powered offense 82 last week.0 o'clock going the news at 4 oklahoma state and kansas state and then after the game all the day highlights and look back at the giants third champion in 5 years. 7 sports brought to you by toyota. >> tomorrow should be grit for the parade. >> it will be great. >> a lot of mad bum and panned 8. tune in to that thanks very much. >> that is it for us tonight. >> i'm dan. for all of us at 7 news at 9:00 we really appreciate your time. >> don't forget the giants world series parade noon tomorrow. begins at 11:00 a.m. on abc 7 and on loon at ab abc.com. >> we cover that with our abc.com. >> we cover that with our technology and stuff. i love you. i love you, too. i'm feeling good about jayson-- that is half jules and half grayson. see, i combined our names the way they do with the celebrity couples. "jayson" sucks. it's a real name. what about, um, "grules"? (imitates british accent) som "please, sir, eat.

. >> after a tough tcu loss to my sooners i broke out the ou cuff listenings. >> adam has his name writtene his suit jacket. >> i don't know how that helps. >> who do i work with? >> they're 5-1. how about that? >> wow! thanks, chuck. >>> this morning, we now know the couple who helped rebuild the miami zoo after a hurricane destroyed it. nbc's harry smith shows us the amazing generosity in action. >> reporter: it's wake-up time at zoo miami. ron mcgil has worked here for 35 years and there's nothing he loves better than talking to the animals. >> good boy, pongo. good boy. >> reporter: he understands animals. no doubt. >> speak. >> reporter: humans, though, he says, can surprise you. hurricane andrew destroyed the zoo in 1992. a year layer an older man approached ron at a zoo presentation. >> late 60s, early 70s, shuffled up in clothing that looked like, god forgive me, he bought at a goodwill store ten years ago. >> reporter: the man handed ron an envelope. >> i opened it up. there was a check for $90,000. >> albert samon and the money came with one condition. >> don't tell anybody my na

they released a statement saying tcu has no reason to believe this alum has been on campus at this time and to keep her in their thoughts and prarss. cdc is trying to determine when pham was exposed to the virus. father jim wants to know when she is coming home. >> we pray that they'll let her be healed soon and we can see her again. >> reporter: and erin, the fear of ebola spreading in this area is real. anecdotally father jim said there are members of his congregation who said they are afraid when pham's mother returns to the church they will be exposed and also said there was a party scheduled in the mully purpose room there and that -- the multi purpose room and that family has canceled because they don't want to be expose the to ebola either. >> thank you very much, victor. >>> and i want to bring in a close friend and former colleague of nina pham, jennifer joseph. and thank you for being with us tonight. you've been speaking with your friend and you spoke with her today. what did she say? how is she doing? >> yes, ma'am, thank you for having me. nina is in good spirits. she's doi

the 26-year-old nurse and tcu grad was the first to contract the virus in the u.s. while caring for duncan. while it's not clear how she caught the virus, a national nurses union says several unidentified nurses at texas health told them the hospital was not prepared to treat ebola cases. but the hospital maintains there are safety measures in place. >> for nurses at the texas hospital where these two ebola patients work, the situation right now is especially troubling. kpix 5's ryan takeo is live in the newsroom with how bay area nurses are blank the hospital for how this was handled. >> reporter: the blame is being passed around. the hospital says the first nurse who got sick nina pham breached protocol. that infuriated the nurses union. the national nurses united based in oakland. the nurse's story told through union reps. paint a chaotic picture of how texas health handled the case of thomas eric duncan the first person to die of ebola on u.s. soil. >> there was no protective gear. there were no gowns that were adequate to properly treat mr. mr. duncan. there we

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she graduated from tcu in 2010.to good. >> reporter: 26-year-old nina pham listed in good condition. she's speaking ot. i'm doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers. i'm blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world. the cdc top design experts have cared for pham. in liberia his condition worsening, brantly was given the blood of a 14-year-old ebola survivor. the belief, that blood contains antibodies that can help fight the virus. when brantly got well, he in turn donated those same antibodies from his blood to ebola patients here in the u.s. dr. rick sacra who survived, journalist ashoka mukpo who is improving and now nurse nina pham. an extraordinary admission from the cdc. >> i wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the patient, the first patient was diagnosed. that might have prevented this infection. >> reporter: and this image. pham's beloved dog bentley removed from her apartment in full protective gear. he's being monitored. he's a

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people filled this chapel at texas christian university to pray for nina pham, the 26-year-old nurse and tcu graduate was the first to contract the virus while caring for duncan, who died of the disease last week. while it's not clear how she got the virus, a national nurses union says several unidentified nurses at texas health told them the hospital was not prepared to treat ebola cases. but the hospital maintains there are safety measures in place. cdc director tom frieden admits the agency could have done more to prevent the disease from spreading and now they will. >> we will put a team on the ground within hours with some of the world's leading experts in how to take care of and protect healthcare workers from ebola infection. >> reporter: president obama wants the world to do more to fight ebola at the heart of the epidemic in west africa, something he is expected to focus on during a discussion with world leaders today. the world health organization says the pace of infection in west africa could increase to as many as 10,000 new cases a week within two months if more isn't done. kri

fam is just 26 years old, she attended tcu, she graduated in 2010 with a degree this nursing -- in nursingen in isolation at texas health presbyterian hospital dallas since friday night when she developed a light fever, and she drove herself to the hospital. again, we are just getting name of the first person -- the second person diagnosed in this country with ebola. >>> well, switching gears right now, the apple is literally out of the bag. according to a leaked memo from mac rumors, apple pay will launch saturday. here now are terkel brand's bruce terkel, and jack also back with us. you know what, bruce? this could be considered a big problem for apple, because this -- i mean, the element of surprise is what apple is best known for. looks like walgreens might have made a big mistake here. >> i don't think it's going to be a problem, in fact, i think they'll turn it into a positive. be you look at the big picture, what they're doing here is creating a new ecosystem. it's not just a little device, it's not just one store, but they're going to roll it out slowly, and little by little they'r

we understand that's hundreds of volunteer nurses have stepped forward in tcu, but they have to be better before they have sent in here. so foreign medical intervention is badly needed. the government here has said so. the ngos have said so. msf australia turned down cash donation to them by the australian government, preferring instead boots on the ground. they said they want medics sent to sierra leone. there are only two clinicians at an ebola clinic that has 40 or 50 patients to respond to and that is about the largest government run treatment center. so they need a lot of these medics to be on the ground but nobody knows when they will come in, and the 160 that are coming this afternoon from cuba should be a big relief. but just a temporary relief. a lot more are needed. >> just briefly, we were just seeing pictures there from dallas, texas. there's a case from liberia that has now been the first in the u.s. what is the procedure for people who are leaving sierra leone and other countries in terms of checking whether they might have the virus, even if they haven't shown any symptoms?

number 25, tcu will also jump into that championship conversation after yesterday's huge game againstlahoma. now with the game tied in the fourth quarter, paul dawson intercepted the sooners' pass, took it 41 yards for the score. the extra one not so automatic. it's blocked and runs back for the very rare two-point play. the horned frogs knock off sooners with a 37-33 upset. >>> get this, guys. a man takes sixes hours and 25 minutes but the nationgs giant 2-1. they saw the longest game in postseason history. sfrabs was left to rally in the ninth ining to tie the game and then came brandon belt to blast a solo home run to secure the 2-1 win. hunter strickland did close out in the bottom for the save. the game is at 3:07 eastern. >> i'm done with it and he -- >> it's time to go hope. >> double to free baseball is enough. we understand they ran out of beer at some point. >> and food as well, yeah. >> the fun's over. the fun's over. out of beer, food's gone, good night. ais . >> for more sports visit bleacherreport.com, by the way. >>> here's the question. will cruise ever find that plane

tcu hosting oklahoma. the horn frogs beat number four ranked team in the nation. tcu won that one.top six teams falling during a wild week of college football. hoping for a good nfl day today as well. >> i hope so too. it will be a fun day. tho are your headlines. >> let's get outside now. it's nfl. it's football-like weather outside. good time to sit around and have some pizza this morning. >> it is. good time just to be inside or go to australia where it's about to be spring and summer. you're from australia. you watch us? >> yes. >> we appreciate it. the lady standing over there is the favorite. >> he just saw kimberly guilfoyle out here. take a look at the weather maps. get soon well, pops. cooldown across parts of the south. 46 right now in tallahassee and 38 in nashville. we're also going to watch it for everyone. forecast across the northeast, beautiful day. lake-effect rain but temperatures cool and fall-like if that's your thing and across parts of the southeast also get ready for a pretty nice fall-like day. all right. so national pizza month. you know what the best part

making a pick for the oklahoma-tcu game. >> love you, controversy. call me. >> i love that. to oxford to celebrate with the locals. i wonder if she met shepard smith there. those are your headlines. we have brian with sports. >> maybe it will be a whirlwind romance. tom brady making history on sunday night. brady and the patriots squaring off against the bengals. he looked like he was 21 again. pats having a huge night. brady was fantastic. two scores, big first half. pats win 43-17. they're in first place. >>> the battle of the lone star state, cowboys shocking everyone this year with a great season. taking on the texans. watch this catch by dez bryant. look at this in slow motion, even more impressive. it would set autopsy game winning field goal in overtime. cowboys win 20-17. they are now 3-1 on the year. 4-1 on the year. >>> baseball, the world waited three decades, now they plan to stay there for a while. kansas winning in a sweep of the angels who had the best record in the regular season. final score 8-3. they'll face the orioles in the alcs. baltimore swept the tige