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Miami names Houston transfer D’Eriq King starting QBCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — If Miami has a football season, D'Eriq King will be the Hurricanes' starting quarterback.The Hurricanes made the announcement Monday that King, a redshirt senior transfer from Houston, will be the first-string quarterback when — or if —...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Missouri Valley in holding pattern; Pioneer is league-onlyBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - No new news is good news with the Missouri Valley Football Conference.One of the premier FCS conferences - home to national champion North Dakota State - stressed Monday the need for patience in...

After talk of collaboration, conferences go their own wayBy RALPH D. RUSSOPlans for the 2020 college football season — if it is played — should start coming into focus this week.They will trickle down from the top of major college football, with Power Five conferences putting in place revised...

West Virginia shifts defensive staff after Koenning's exitMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia coach Neal Brown has shifted responsibilities on his staff after the exit of defensive coordinator Vic Koenning.Brown announced Monday that defensive line coach Jordan Lesley will oversee the front of the unit, and defensive backs coach...

Oklahoma to face Missouri State week early Aug. 29NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma has moved its football opener against Missouri State up a week to Saturday, Aug. 29.The Sooners said the NCAA approved a waiver request from both schools to change the date to allow more schedule flexibility amid...

KU adds Southern Illinois to open football season -- for nowLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas added Southern Illinois to open its football season in just over a month. The game, however, might not be played.The revision came after New Hampshire backed out of the game Sept. 5 because of...

AP College Football WriterAP sources: ACC, Notre Dame eye 2020 football membershipBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Atlantic Coast Conference and Notre Dame are considering whether the Fighting Irish will give up their treasured football independence to play as a member of the league for the 2020 season that has been...

AP College Football WriterAP sources: ACC, Notre Dame eye 2020 football membershipBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Atlantic Coast Conference and Notre Dame are considering whether the Fighting Irish will give up their treasured football independence to play as a member of the league for the 2020 season that has been...

AP Sports WriterFormer Oklahoma football coach John Blake dies at 59By CLIFF BRUNTJohn Blake, the former Oklahoma football player and coach who was the school's first Black head coach in any sport, died Thursday. He was 59.Blake's wife, Freda, said he had a ''heart-related emergency'' at his home in...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Barriere, Lewis headline Big Sky preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The individual accolades continued to roll in for Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere and Montana linebacker Jace Lewis on Friday.The two fifth-year senior standouts would gladly take team success instead.Barriere and Lewis led the...

AP Sports WriterFans are key factor to save 3 kickoff games in AtlantaBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) There is no room for negotiation on one key point as Atlanta organizers consider multiple contingency plans for three season-opening games during the coronavirus pandemic: Without fans, the games can't be played...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Deep Big Sky seeks to end Weber State title runBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Heading into the 2020 Big Sky season, the defending co-champs, Sacramento State and Weber State, have the easiest conference schedules.That may sound surprising, if not alarming, to the rest of the...