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STATS FCS Senior Editor=Payton Award finalist Guerriero raced off to Monmouth historyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Pete Guerriero entered Monmouth University as a track runner in 2016 and didn't join the football program until the following year.In many ways, he's still running track.As a redshirt junior this season, Guerriero obliterated...

South Florida football player dies after being hit by trainDEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) A star high school football player in South Florida who had signed with Georgia Tech was killed Monday after he was hit by a freight train.Bryce Gowdy, 17, died at a hospital after he was...

AP Sports WriterAlamo Bowl a chance for Utah, Texas to shake disappointmentBy JIM VERTUNOSAN ANTONIO (AP) For all of its festive atmosphere, from San Antonio's River Walk to its New Year's Eve kickoff, the Alamo Bowl boils down to degrees of disappointment.As in which team, No. 12 Utah...

Associated PressBook plans to return to quarterback Irish in 2020 seasonBy JOHN FINERANSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) One Notre Dame offensive standout is planning to return to school. It remains to be seen if another will join him.Quarterback Ian Book posted on his Instagram and Twitter accounts that he...

Associated PressInvestigators: Plane in Louisiana crash intact on impactBy REBECCA SANTANAA small plane that killed five passengers when it crashed over the weekend in south Louisiana was intact when it hit the ground, federal investigators said Monday, asking anyone in the neighborhood with audio recordings of the plane to...

AP Sports WriterSpartans still face plenty of questions after bowl victoryBy NOAH TRISTERAfter ending the season on a positive note with a bowl victory, Mark Dantonio and Michigan State now face a daunting future.That reality was clear Monday, when cornerback Josiah Scott announced he was leaving early for the...

Arizona St, Florida St meet in Sun Bowl without top RBsEL PASO, Texas (AP) The top running backs for Arizona State and Florida State won't be around for the Sun Bowl.Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards and interim Seminoles coach Odell Haggins can live with those decisions regardless of...

AP Sports WriterVersatile Bowden leads Kentucky against Va Tech in Belk BowlBy STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) It's rare when a team starts a quarterback in a bowl game with more yards rushing, receiving, and returning than he has passing.But that's exactly what Kentucky will do when Lynn Bowden...

AP Sports WriterLiberty Bowl: No. 21 Navy, Kansas St. cap surprising yearsBy STEVE MEGARGEEMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo wanted to make sure he spent this bowl season on a sideline rather than in the stands.After his team went 3-10 last year to end a string of...

AP Sports WriterUnderdogs again, Clemson heading to another CFP title gameBy PETE IACOBELLINo. 3 Clemson is an underdog - again.Once more, the defending national champions have to deal with being labeled second best when they face No. 1 LSU for the College Football Playoff title in New Orleans on...

Friends, family grieve 5 killed in Louisiana plane crashLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Michael Walker Vincent was one day away from his 16th birthday when he died in a plane crash along with his mom and three others on their way to a college football playoff game Saturday.To honor him,...

Associated PressBook plans to return to quarterback Irish in 2020 seasonBy JOHN FINERANSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) One Notre Dame offensive standout is planning to return to school. It remains to be seen if another will join him.Quarterback Ian Book posted on his Instagram and Twitter accounts that he...