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Alabama hires Patriots assistant Brian Daboll to run offenseTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama has hired New England Patriots assistant Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban announced Monday that Daboll will replace Steve Sarkisian, who ran the offense in the national championship game before...

Jon Reschke leaves Michigan State after regrettable commentEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State linebacker Jon Reschke has left the team.Reschke released a statement Friday, saying he made an insensitive and totally regrettable comment involving a former teammate more than a month ago. Reschke says he and coach Mark...

AP Sports WriterAresco: AAC's profile boosted by Big 12 expansion processBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco noted the difference on Tuesday.His conference, which a day before had been facing the potential loss of two or even four of its highest-profile programs to the...

Former USC football assistant coach John Jackson dies at 81LOS ANGELES (AP) John Jackson, who coached star tailbacks Marcus Allen and Charles White during their Heisman Trophy-winning seasons at Southern California, has died. He was 81.The university said Friday that Jackson died of complications following intestinal surgery on...

AP Sports WriterSpring game shows Buckeyes' emphasis on throwing the ballBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State coach Urban Meyer made it clear this spring that he wants to throw the ball deep again.Meyer needs quarterback J.T. Barrett to hook up with receivers for more momentum-changing plays downfield,...

3 U of Illinois football players arrested in alleged robberyCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Three University of Illinois football players have been arrested for allegedly robbing a man of cash in a residence hall.Police told the Champaign News-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2r2e8KT) that Darta Lee, Zarrian Holcombe and Howard Watkins will be formally...

Kentucky dismisses senior DE Bell for violating team rulesFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says senior defensive end Alvonte Bell has been dismissed from the team for an unspecified violation of team rules.Stoops and Louisville coach Bobby Petrino spoke during a Tuesday news conference at a charity...

AP Sports WriterNo. 13 Houston looks to bounce back against TulsaBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) After a 5-0 start the No. 13 Houston Cougars had designs on crashing the College Football Playoff.A loss to Navy last week, however, ruined those plans. Now the Cougars need help to reach the...

Ousted Baylor president Starr resigns from chancellor roleWACO, Texas (AP) Ken Starr resigned as Baylor University's chancellor on Wednesday, a week after the former prosecutor who led the investigation of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal was removed as the school's president over its handling of sexual assault complaints...

Jim Harbaugh and Urban Meyer in the Big Ten? It has a certain ring to it, like the glory days when Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes battled for control of the league.That day is coming.The 51-year-old Harbaugh, a star quarterback for the Wolverines in the mid-1980s, has signed a...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - As the ball came bouncing out of Gunner Kiel's hands, the Cincinnati quarterback - and any hope the Bearcats had of winning the Military Bowl - crashed hard onto the artificial turf.A woozy Kiel left the game after the last of his three turnovers, and...

Ex-Florida QB Harris planning transfer to Tennessee StateNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Former Florida quarterback Treon Harris plans to resume his career at Football Championship Subdivision program Tennessee State.Tennessee State athletic department spokesman Jose Garcia said Friday via email that ''I can inform of his intention to enroll at Tennessee...