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No. 22 Florida cancels home opener vs Northern ColoradoGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) No. 22 Florida has canceled its home opener against Northern Colorado because of impending Hurricane Irma.Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin says it ''become obvious that playing a football game is not the right thing to do.''The game...

Associated Press3 ex-Penn State officials sent to jail in Sandusky scandalBy MARC LEVY and MICHAEL RUBINKAMHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State's former president and two other ex-administrators were sentenced Friday to at least two months in jail for failing to report a child sexual abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky...

AP Sports WriterFirst full class for BYU's Sitake filled with versatilityBy KAREEM COPELANDBYU coach Kalani Sitake focused on versatility in his first full recruiting class after being hired to replace Bronco Mendenhall following the 2015 season. There was a premium on adding players that can play multiple positions.''When you...

AP National WriterGroup of Five schools make investments with big-time in mindBy EDDIE PELLSFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) The snow-covered construction site is thousands of miles and more than a few degrees removed from Monday night's national-title game.In six months, though, the hard hats will be gone, and in...

AP Sports WriterButch Davis gets some recruiting help at FIU - from his bossBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) When Butch Davis started putting together a staff of assistant coaches for his new job at FIU a couple of months ago, he was facing a bit of a conundrum.He needed...

Middle Tennessee dismisses players in animal cruelty probeMURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) Middle Tennessee has dismissed two players who are under investigation for possible animal cruelty that circulated on a Snapchat video.The Blue Raiders announced Friday that defensive lineman Justin Akins and linebacker Shalom Alvarez are no longer on the...

Briles officially out at Baylor after sexual assault scandalWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor and Art Briles have mutually agreed to part ways, the move coming almost a month after the release of a scathing report over the university's handling of sexual assault complaints against players and the coach being...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A young South Alabama program battled Bowling Green down to the last minute, and coach Joey Jones had the wounds to prove it.With cuts on his nose and chin from a sideline mishap with one of his own players, Jones couldn't be too disappointed in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS draft class primerBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It's only one piece in a puzzle that has 100 other pieces, yet an NFL Draft prospect is often sized up more by his time in the 40-yard dash than perhaps any other measurement.A fast time gets everybody's attention,...

Georgia DT Thompson leaving school, has medical issueATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia star defensive tackle Trenton Thompson is withdrawing from school for spring semester and is dealing with what the school says is a ''significant'' medical issue that led to him being taken to an Athens hospital by police.According...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: Missouri ValleyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Missouri Valley Football Conference teams played the...

AP Sports WriterUSC transfer Browne hoping to build off productive springBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Max Browne didn't uproot himself and travel halfway across the country to spend his one season in Pittsburgh as the backup quarterback.It's why the USC graduate transfer headed from sunny Los Angeles to wintry...