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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 Sports WriterFixed Frogs: Reagor, TCU healthy after impressive recoveryBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) When TCU won its final two games to get bowl eligible last year, Jalen Reagor extended his record touchdown receiving streak while also running for a score in each game.Reagor, who also took...

AP Sports WriterMuch has changed for the Beavers and the Ducks over 4 yearsBy ANNE M. PETERSONFour years ago, Oregon State pulled off a 34-24 victory over Oregon in the Civil War, snapping an eight-game losing streak in the series. It was also the Beavers’ last win in the...

The Latest: Ex-coach recalls hearing of Sandusky complaintBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) The Latest on a former assistant football coach's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State (all times local):5:30 p.m.A former Penn State football coach says then-fellow assistant Mike McQueary told him several years before Jerry Sandusky's arrest in...

CCSU to play 12-game schedule in 2019(STATS) - Central Connecticut State will play a 12-game schedule, including five at home, under interim coach Ryan McCarthy this year.The Blue Devils will open the season on Aug. 31 at Fordham and travel to Eastern Michigan on Sept. 21 for their fourth...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Top 25 roundup: The Citadel trips ChattanoogaBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - By not giving up the football, The Citadel is planning to take the Southern Conference title.The No. 8 Bulldogs beat No. 5 Chattanooga 22-14 on Saturday in a matchup of unbeaten teams and the first game...

Florida, Mullen sanctioned for NCAA recruiting violationsGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida received a year of probation and football coach Dan Mullen was sanctioned Tuesday after the school and the NCAA agreed to resolve an infractions case involving impermissible contact with recruits last year.None of the infractions was deemed Level...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi's football team will not play in the postseason next year. The Rebels might be facing more penalties, too, now that the NCAA says the program has committed more than 20 rules violations over the past several years. Ole Miss officials said Wednesday that the university has...

Tough start to Alexander era at Tennessee Tech(STATS) - Tennessee Tech's first-year coach Dewayne Alexander will do anything but ease into his first schedule this season.The opening month of the Golden Eagles' 11-game schedule is particularly daunting. Out of conference, they'll open at Southern Conference power Chattanooga (Aug. 30),...

AP Sports WriterSaban wants to rebuild "Alabama Factor" after falling shortBy JOHN ZENORAlabama enters spring practice with a largely new coaching staff and plenty of hot-shot recruits.Same old expectations, though.The Crimson Tide is in the very early stages of trying to gear up for what the team hopes will...

SEC names John McDaid coordinator of football officialsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Southeastern Conference has named John McDaid coordinator of football officials.Commissioner Greg Sankey announced McDaid's appointment Monday to replace Steve Shaw. McDaid has been a college football official for 24 years and joined the SEC as a referee...

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