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NC State hires ex-ECU head coach McNeill in advisory roleRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has hired former East Carolina head coach and Oklahoma assistant Ruffin McNeill for an advisory role on its football staff.The school said Tuesday that McNeill would serve as a special assistant to head...

Alabama's Sarkisian undergoes successful heart procedureTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian has undergone a procedure to correct a congenital cardiovascular anomaly.The university said in a statement Tuesday that the anomaly was uncovered in an annual executive physical last week. Sarkisian had what the school described as...

Former South Carolina football star, AD Dixon dead at 83COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Former South Carolina running back, athletic director and board of trustees member King Dixon died Monday. He was 83.The university said in a release that Dixon had fought pancreatic cancer.Dixon played for the Gamecocks from 1956-58...

AP College Football WriterCoronavirus testing a stress threat for athletic budgetsBy ERIC OLSONCoastal Carolina already had one of the smaller athletic budgets in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and that was before a 15% spending cut was ordered because of projected declines in state funding and student fees stemming from...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took a $1 million pay cut and had his contract shortened by a year as part of an internal review prompted by sharp criticism from his star running back for wearing a T-shirt promoting a far-right news channel. Athletic director Mike Holder...

Austin Peay coach quits unexpectedly after 1 year on jobCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Austin Peay coach Mark Hudspeth has resigned after one season on the job that included him taking the Governors to a program-record 11 wins and a trip to the FCS quarterfinals.Athletic director Gerald Harrison announced Hudspeth's...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Surprise at Austin Peay: Hudspeth steps downBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Austin Peay announced coach Mark Hudspeth's surprising resignation Friday, less than a month before the Governors will start practices following the best season in program history.Hudspeth, 51, said he was stepping down after one...

K-State players end threat of boycott over Floyd tweetMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State football players have called off a threatened boycott in response to an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd.The decision, announced on social media by several players, follows moves by the...

The coronavirus pandemic is already impacting the 2020 college football schedule, with the Sept. 12 game between Lafayette College and Navy the latest to be canceled. Lafayette informed the Naval Academy that it cannot bring its football team back to campus in time to meet medical advisory guidelines. Navy, which...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas junior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said Thursday he will sit out from all team activities until the school starts meeting demands for campus changes sought by dozens of Longhorns athletes. The demands made in early June include renaming several campus buildings currently named after former Texas officials...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Austin Peay coach Mark Hudspeth has resigned after one season on the job that included him taking the Governors to a program-record 11 wins and a trip to the FCS quarterfinals. Athletic director Gerald Harrison announced Hudspeth's resignation Friday. The resignation is effective immediately. Harrison is keeping...

Tommy Togiai could hear the emotion in his teammates' voices, see it in their eyes, even on a computer screen. The Ohio State defensive tackle felt it, too, in the days after George Floyd's death while in the custody of Minneapolis police. The Buckeyes were planning a protest march. At...