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Bad Roger?? This cannot be good for his upcoming trials

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Even a four-game playoff scenario was too much for the BCS. Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan Wednesday to turn the much-criticized system for deciding a national champ into a four-team playoff, starting in the 2010 football season.

With most of the pre-game talk surrounding the new South Carolina players from the American Hockey League, Marty Guerin must have felt like a forgotten man. He is forgotten no longer. Guerin recorded a hat trick and Andrew Gordon had a goal and an assist to lead South Carolina past Columbia, 5-2, on Wednesday night in Game 2 of the South Division finals before a crowd of 2,851 at the North Charleston Coliseum.

No. 9 seed Vera Zvonareva reached the Family Circle Cup quarterfinals today with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Marion Bartoli.