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AP Sports WriterPurdue ready to put on home-opening light show against OhioBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Jeff Brohm produced a blockbuster hit in his Purdue coaching debut.He expects the encore to be even bigger.The new Boilermakers coach will make his first home appearance in a rare Friday night contest...

South Alabama aiming for more Sun Belt successMOBILE, Ala. (AP) South Alabama opens the season against two teams from Power Five conferences, but those aren't the kind of games that most troubled the Jaguars in 2016.They pulled two big upsets and made it to the Arizona Bowl while...

AP College Football WriterHuskers' QB Tanner Lee challenged to turn hype into realityBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Tanner Lee hasn't taken a snap in a game for Nebraska, yet the fan base has already deemed him the quarterback who can return the Cornhuskers to national relevance.The hype has...

Associated PressTennessee opens practice with quarterback battle underwayBy RHIANNON POTKEYKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Quinten Dormady has to go back to his middle school days in Texas to think of the last time the Tennessee junior played in a two-quarterback system.He may encounter that scenario once again this season.Dormady is...

Associated PressInjured Purdue QB Blough questionable for No. 16 LouisvilleBy JEFF WASHBURNWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) No. 16 Louisville will have reigning Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson at quarterback for Saturday night's opener against Purdue in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium.The Boilermakers may be making a game-time decision on their...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Week 2 FCS schedule looks even betterBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Leave some room, the first full week of FCS college football was only serving appetizers.The schedule will keep getting better, and it's especially the case in Week 2.There are 26 more matchups between FCS and FBS...

Phillip Fulmer named special adviser to Tennessee presidentKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro has hired former Volunteers football coach Phillip Fulmer as his special adviser for community, athletics and university relations.DiPietro announced the hiring Tuesday. The part-time job will pay Fulmer $100,000 per year, plus...

Lock breaks records as Mizzou beats Missouri State 72-43COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Drew Lock had a record-setting day for Missouri, throwing for 521 yards and seven touchdowns as the Tigers beat Missouri State 72-43 on Saturday in the season opener.The previous passing touchdown record was five, shared by Chase...

AP Sports WriterJayhawks hope to build on 2-win season in Year 3 under BeatyBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) David Beaty fought back tears last season when Kansas, after enduring a winless and disheartening debut season under him, finally beat lower-level Rhode Island for his first win with the...

Associated PressBaylor settles lawsuit with woman who alleged sexual assaultBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit with a former student who accused the nation's largest Baptist school of fostering a ''hunting ground for sexual predators'' and mishandling her alleged attack in...

Oregon receiver Darren Carrington dismissed from the teamEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon receiver Darren Carrington has been dismissed from the team, nearly two weeks after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.''I have visited with Darren Carrington and informed him that he is no...

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...