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AP Sports WriterMeyer: Freshman RB J.K. Dobbins earned right to playBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The parents of true freshman running back J.K. Dobbins will get a call soon from an Ohio State coach to say their son will make his college football debut.That's a tradition at Ohio...

AP Sports WriterAfter tumultuous offseason, Ole Miss returns to the fieldBy DAVID BRANDTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi's disastrous offseason has mercifully come to an end.Preseason camp began on Wednesday and actual football games are on the horizon. Now the Rebels are trying to shake a steady cascade of bad...

Houston to practice at Texas as Hurricane Harvey loomsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The University of Houston is sending its football team to Austin to practice and get out Hurricane Harvey's way.The University of Texas has agreed to let the Cougars use their indoor practice facility. Austin is supposed to...

AP Sports WriterWatching Wilkins: Clemson lineman ready to be fact of TigersBy PETE IACOBELLICLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson defensive tackle Christian Wilkins usually finds the spotlight, and it doesn't seem to matter if he's on the field or off it. It doesn't even matter if he is seeking the...

Jury finds former Vanderbilt football player guilty of rapeNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A jury on Friday convicted a former Vanderbilt University football player charged along with three of his teammates in the 2013 gang rape of an unconscious female student.After about 15 hours of deliberation over two days, the...

Michigan's Perry reinstated to football teamANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan says wide receiver Grant Perry has been reinstated to full participation with the football team.Perry pleaded guilty to resisting a police officer and misdemeanor assault and battery in connection with an October confrontation outside an East Lansing bar.Athletic...

AP Sports WriterBIG 12 SPOTLIGHT: Youngest power league with oldest coachBy STEPHEN HAWKINSMaybe Oklahoma State was just well ahead of a trend when making 37-year-old former Cowboys quarterback Mike Gundy their head coach.Now 13 years after Gundy became the man at Oklahoma State, the Big 12 has three 30-something...

AP Sports WriterQB Lagow has new message, confidence boost to lead HoosiersBy MICHAEL MAROTBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) The offseason message to Richard Lagow was succinct: Don't be a hero. Just be a quarterback.Indiana's new offensive coordinator, Mike DeBord , remembers having the same conversation with Brian Griese in 1997,...

AP Sports WriterSEC to celebrate 50th anniversary of first black playerBy JOHN ZENORHOOVER, Ala. (AP) Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey opened football media days talking about integration of sports in the league and the upcoming 50th anniversary of that moment.Sankey talked at length Monday about Nate Northington's debut...

AP Sports WriterK-State's Snyder back for another preview and 'doing fine'By SCHUYLER DIXONFRISCO, Texas (AP) Bill Snyder's age wasn't the first thing that occurred to Kansas State linebacker Trent Tanking when he got word that his coach needed treatment for throat cancer.Tanking was mostly concerned with when the...

Vols open practice looking to CFL for tips to handle seasonKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Butch Jones and the Tennessee Volunteers are looking North of the border to help them prepare for a rough stretch of three games in 13 days.Tennessee opens Sept. 4 against Georgia Tech at the new...

Associated PressPenn State's Franklin 3rd-highest paid coach in Big TenBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Penn State football coach James Franklin has signed a contract extension that guarantees him $34.7 million through 2022, putting him third in average annual compensation in the Big Ten.According to terms released by...