Colleges: NCAA bars Georgia's Gurley for 2 more games

ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia was hoping to get Todd Gurley back on the field.

Looks like the No. 9 Bulldogs will have to wait two more games.

The NCAA announced Wednesday that Gurley, once a leading Heisman Trophy contender, must sit out until Nov. 15 for accepting more than $3,000 for autographed memorabilia and other items over a two-year period.

Gurley already missed the Bulldogs' last two games, and the school had petitioned for him to be reinstated in time for Saturday's Cocktail Party rivalry against Florida.

But the NCAA ruled that Gurley must serve a four-game suspension - about 30 percent of the regular season - and said it "strongly considered" a harsher punishment given the extent of the violations."

"The university's due diligence in its investigation and the student's full disclosure of his involvement in the violations were factors in not imposing a more severe withholding condition," the NCAA said in a statement.

The school announced an immediate appeal, which will be heard this week by an NCAA committee that can reduce or remove the sanctions imposed by the staff but can't increase them.

Utah loses leading receiver

Utah lost big-play wide receiver Dres Anderson to a season-ending knee injury, a significant blow for an offense that has sputtered at times this year.

Anderson led No. 18 Utah with 355 yards receiving and four touchdowns.

The senior from Riverside, Calif., was hurt sometime in the fourth quarter of Utah's 24-21 comeback win over USC on Saturday.

Over his career, Anderson has hauled in 134 passes for 2,077 yards, becoming one of five receivers in program history to reach the 2,000-yard plateau.

From wire reports