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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Former FCS players help fill XFL rostersBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - More than four-dozen former FCS players, including All-Americans from recent national championship-winning programs North Dakota State and James Madison, were part of the eight XFL rosters that were finalized on Monday.Former North Dakota State...

Holy Cross to face competitive 2020 schedule(Stats Perform) - Patriot League champion Holy Cross will play five times at home and travel to Boston College as part of an 11-game 2020 schedule which was announced on Tuesday.The Crusaders will host league opponents Lehigh (Sept. 12), Fordham (Nov. 14) and...

Associated PressJudge to consider Sandusky's latest request for new sentenceBy MARK SCOLFOROJerry Sandusky's legal effort to have his decadeslong child molestation sentence reduced will be the subject of a hearing Tuesday in a Pennsylvania courtroom.The former Penn State assistant football coach's defense lawyers and state prosecutors are expected to...

Associated PressJudge to consider Sandusky's latest request for new sentenceBy MARK SCOLFOROJerry Sandusky's legal effort to have his decadeslong child molestation sentence reduced will be the subject of a hearing Tuesday in a Pennsylvania courtroom.The former Penn State assistant football coach's defense lawyers and state prosecutors are expected to...

Washington State hires Jake Dickert as defensive coordinatorPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Washington State hired Jake Dickert as its defensive coordinator on Tuesday.Dickert is the first major hire for new Washington State coach Nick Rolovich. Dickert spent the past three seasons as a defensive coach at Wyoming, including last season...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Former FCS players help fill XFL rostersBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - More than four-dozen FCS players, including All-Americans from recent national championship-winning programs North Dakota State and James Madison, were part of the eight XFL rosters that were finalized on Monday.Former North Dakota State linebacker...

Rocky Long returns to New Mexico to lead Lobos' defenseALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Rocky Long is returning to New Mexico as defensive coordinator after recently retiring from San Diego State, where he coached the Aztecs to nine straight bowl games.New Mexico head coach Danny Gonzales praised Long on Monday,...

LSU brings back Pelini as defensive coordinatorBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Reigning national champion LSU is bringing back Bo Pelini as defensive coordinator, the position he held when the Tigers won a national championship in the 2007 season.Pelini, whose hiring was announced by coach Ed Orgeron on Monday, replaces...

Oklahoma hires DeMarco Murray as running backs coachNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma hired DeMarco Murray as its running backs coach Monday, bringing back the school's career leader in all-purpose yards, career touchdowns and kickoff return average.Murray starred at Oklahoma from the 2007 through 2010 seasons. The Sooners won three...

College football assistant suspended for Hitler commentALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) Grand Valley State suspended offensive coordinator Morris Berger on Monday after he was quoted by the school newspaper as saying he would like to meet Adolf Hitler and no one could deny the Nazi “wasn't a great leader."The university...

2019 FCS head coaching changes(Stats Perform) - It's expected the head coaching carousel in FCS college football will spin less following the 2019 season than the way it did in the last two dizzying years.There were 24 different schools with a change atop their program between the start of...

Pelini leaves Youngstown State to join LSU staff(Stats Perform) - Bo Pelini knows what it's like to win a national title at LSU and is ready to chase another one with the reigning FBS champion.On Monday, Pelini resigned as Youngstown State's head coach after five seasons to join LSU...