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AP Sports WriterVanderbilt looking to expand offense with Webb, ShurmurBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig has been very busy this offseason trying to take full advantage of having the Commodores' all-time leading rusher back for a senior season.Ralph Webb ranks 20th all-time in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison headlines CAA preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Defending FCS national champion James Madison led the way in the CAA Football preseason honors announced Tuesday, tabbed in the preseason poll to repeat its conference title and gaining the most players on the preseason team with...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Family, then football, with UT Martin's EsteBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Joe Este wakes up each day telling himself it's either going to be a good day or a bad day - that the choice is his.It's a lesson the UT Martin student-athlete says he imparts on...

AP Sports WriterArkansas RB Williams to quit football after latest injuryBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Rawleigh Williams returned to the football field last season following a broken neck only after assurances from doctors.A second scare that left him sprawled out on the Razorbacks' indoor practice field last week...

AP College Football WriterNew-look Nebraska is out to atone for awful finish in 2016By ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Unpleasant as it is to look back, Nebraska's Mick Stoltenberg isn't ready to put the second half of the 2016 season in the rearview mirror quite yet.''Some of the things...

AP Sports WriterACC schools hoping to benefit from coaching continuityBy AARON BEARDDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Several Atlantic Coast Conference schools are hoping the continuity in the coaching ranks helps them regroup after the league's sobering opening weekend.Schools are betting their loyalty provides the stability for the staffs to handle...

Alabama-Florida State open ABC's Saturday night footballBy The Associated PressA potential matchup of preseason No. 1 vs. No. 2 between Alabama and Florida State will be ABC's first Saturday night football game of the 2017 season.ESPN/ABC announced Thursday its opening-weekend schedule, along with the Saturday prime-time games for the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Undrafted FCS players have NFL opportunitiesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Feeling overlooked and undervalued has a way of fueling FCS players heading into the NFL - especially the many who go undrafted and become even longer shots.Past awards, honors and statistics don't matter, even for a player...

Gardner-Webb to play at East Carolina in 2019(STATS) - Gardner-Webb's football program will travel to East Carolina for a first-ever meeting on Sept. 7, 2019.The game, also Gardner-Webb's first against an American Athletic Conference team since moving to the FCS in 2000, will be played at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in...

Title IX investigation into sexual assault allegations endsEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State officials say they have concluded a Title IX investigation into an alleged sexual assault and haven't taken any action to remove three football players from the university.The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/2qaKRxT) Michigan State spokesman...

The Latest: UNC's Fedora to tone down sideline anticsCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest on ACC media days (all times local):4:30 p.m.North Carolina's Larry Fedora can be one of the more emotional and animated college football head coaches on the sideline during a game.But Fedora knows he will have...

The Latest: SEC ensures can't miss its media days in HooverHOOVER, Ala. (AP) The Latest on SEC media days (all times local):12:10 p.m.People in Hoover, Alabama, shouldn't have any doubt what event the city is hosting this week.There's a six-story Southeastern Conference logo on the side of...