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BC-FBC--College Football Preview PackageEditors:To help you with your planning ahead of the college football season, we will have the following stories, photos and more in coming weeks. This digest is subject to change and will be updated throughout the month of August. For questions, please call 212-621-1630 or email...

AP Sports WriterLock It Down: Clemson D makes its case as country's bestBy PETE IACOBELLICLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson's defense not only shut down Auburn - it left little doubt which side of the ball would lead its latest try for a national championship.The Tigers (2-0), who stayed No....

Hurts, Alabama players top coaches preseason All-SEC teamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Alabama placed a league-high 15 players on the coaches preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, including quarterback Jalen Hurts.The SEC released the teams on Wednesday with all 14 members represented.Alabama had four players on the first-team offense and four on...

AP Sports WriterOrgeron says LSU's Key cleared to play vs Mississippi StateBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU's top pass rusher, Arden Key, has been cleared to come back from shoulder surgery and play Saturday at Mississippi State.''We're going to play him as much as we can. We'll...

Associated PressBackup QB Stevens a do-it-all option for No. 4 Penn StateBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Tommy Stevens will take over as Penn State's starting quarterback eventually. Now, he's helping starter Trace McSorley any way he can.No. 4 Penn State's do-it-all backup has emerged as another option...

Montana suspends Strahm for first two games(STATS) - Montana senior linebacker Connor Strahm, who was charged with driving under the influence last month, has been suspended for the first two games of the season, the university announced Friday.Strahm, from Eugene, Oregon, was arrested by Missoula police on July 15....

AP College Football WriterAfter 11 years, West Virginia-Virginia Tech renew rivalryBy RALPH D. RUSSOWest Virginia and Virginia Tech played for bragging rights of the Appalachian region for decades, first meeting in 1912, becoming regular rivals in the 1950s and then turning it into an annual affair in the 1970s...

The Latest: Ohio State still hopes to resolve player disputeCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Latest on Ohio State's request that a judge dismiss a former football star's antitrust lawsuit (all times local):3:50 p.m.Ohio State's athletic director says the university is committed to resolving a dispute over a banner display...

Associated PressTexas Tech DB Vaughnte Dorsey injured.By BY JOSHUA KOCHHOUSTON (AP) Texas Tech junior defensive back Vaughnte Dorsey was injured on kickoff coverage midway through the fourth quarter in a game against Houston on Saturday and was removed on a stretcher.The injury, with 7:26 left in the fourth...

AP Sports WriterNo. 5 Clemson focused on winning games, not defending titleBy PETE IACOBELLICLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and his staff have been working for months to drill the good feelings from a national title out of the fifth-ranked Tigers.''We aren't defending anything,'' Swinney says flatly...

AP Sports WriterAuburn tailback Martin ends difficult week with career gameBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Kam Martin couldn't hold back the tears at least once during a trying week. Sleep was terribly hard to come by, too.The tailback for No. 12 Auburn had to sweat out a week...

AP Sports WriterYellow Jackets well-rested for Pitt after unplanned off weekBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) From the perspective of Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi, Georgia Tech's unexpected off week gave the Yellow Jackets the advantage of extra practice time for this week's ACC opener.For Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, having...