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AP College Football WriterBig Ten to play 6 Friday night games a year starting in 2017By ERIC OLSONThe Big Ten will play six Friday night football games a year starting in 2017 and continuing through at least 2022, the conference announced Wednesday.Not every school wants to host those games,...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2018 NFL Draft: 15 FCS defensive prospects to watchBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - With about 150 former FCS players on NFL rosters annually, teams are looking closer than ever at the quality across the subdivision.And they're liking what they see.The FCS has averaged about 18 selections per...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Samford seeks improvement in 2019(STATS) - Samford hopes its early start to the 2019 season will serve as a springboard to success.The Southern Conference program announced a 12-game schedule on Wednesday, beginning with the previously announced FCS Kickoff against Youngstown State Aug. 24 in Montgomery, Alabama.The...

Associated PressCedric Benson, prolific rusher at UT who played in NFL, diesBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Former NFL and Texas running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.Benson's...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colorado State coach Mike Bobo stood in a large campus parking lot 3 1/2 hours before kickoff against Minnesota on Saturday and jokingly issued an old-fashioned dare to the Gophers and coach Jerry Kill.''I think we ought to call coach Kill at Minnesota and...

Incarnate Word installing camouflage end zones(STATS) - The University of Incarnate Word will have the first camouflage end zones in college football at Gayle and Tim Benson Stadium in the 2018 season, athletic director Brian Wickstrom said Monday.The Southland Conference school in San Antonio is having the new look...

Michigan's Higdon says he'll skip Peach BowlANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan running back Karan Higdon says he'll skip the Peach Bowl.Higdon, a senior who has rushed for 1,178 yards this season, said on Instagram on Thursday that it is in his best interests to miss the game to...

Associated PressTexas court reinstates Baylor sex assault convictionBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas' highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated the 2015 sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case ignited a scandal that engulfed the nation's largest Baptist school.The Texas Court of Criminal...

Ex-A&M football player's trial begins in jogger's killingDALLAS (AP) A former Texas A&M football player has arrived in court to be tried for the killing of jogger who was hacked to death with a machete in 2015.Thomas Johnson's murder trial began Monday after years of litigation over whether...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: Ohio State jumps Clemson to 3rd; Wisconsin fallsBy RALPH D. RUSSOOhio State edged past Clemson to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll and Wisconsin dropped to 13th after being upset ahead of its showdown with the Buckeyes.Alabama remained No. 1...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Central Arkansas' Brown: FCS Kickoff has bigger spotlightBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The first game of the college football season is always attention-grabbing, but the first in 2020 could draw larger numbers than usual.That's how Central Arkansas third-year coach Nathan Brown feels about the Guardian...

Baylor releases 5 signees to transfer without restrictionsWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor is releasing five incoming freshman players from their national letters of intent and allowing them to attend other schools without losing eligibility.The players were not identified in Baylor's news release Thursday, but all requested release prior to...