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Potential playoff coaches highlight list of Broyles nomineesLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Coaches from Alabama, Clemson, Michigan and Ohio State are among the 40 nominees for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant.The Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation said Wednesday the nominees include Alabama defensive coordinator...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=FCS Kickoff has spotlight, but will game be played?By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - This year's annual FCS Kickoff appears back to being the first game of the college football season - the kind of spotlight that was intended when it was first held in 2014.But...

Kirk Ferentz calls Cunningham's comments "offensive"IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz shot back at former broadcaster Ed Cunningham on Tuesday, saying that allegations that the Hawkeyes would subject a player to possible long-term health issues ''surprising and offensive.''Cunningham said in a story in the New York...

AP Sports WriterBama's Jones, Auburn's Nix playing well entering Iron BowlBy JOHN ZENORAlabama quarterback Mac Jones was a skinny three-star recruit who had to wait in a daunting line for a starting shot. Bo Nix arrived at Auburn as a prized recruit and has started every game since.They have...

STATS Senior Editor=QB Adams adds another explosive layer to WCU's offenseBy BRETT HUSTON(STATS) - Detrez Newsome has been at it for four years, giving Western Carolina an all-purpose weapon who's an equal threat to take a handoff, kickoff or dump-off to the house.He's no longer a one-man show.Sophomore quarterback...

ATLANTA (AP) Lamar Jackson picked up another trophy for his marvelous season. The Louisville quarterback got a glimpse of the one he really wants. On a red-carpet night in Atlanta, Jackson captured the Maxwell Award as the nation's top college player Thursday night and signaled himself as the clear favorite for...

AP Sports WriterVols not saying who will start at QB against No. 3 GeorgiaBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt isn't saying which of his quarterbacks will earn the start Saturday when the Volunteers host No. 3 Georgia.Pruitt said last week that he was giving equal...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State was already missing suspended defensive tackle Adolphus Washington.Now the No. 7 Buckeyes could also be without injured defensive lineman Tommy Schutt when they play Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 in Glendale, Arizona.Schutt, a senior who started the first seven...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) For three years, Daje Johnson has been the great hope and the great disappointment for Texas.The playmaker with the blazing speed and shifty moves has spent most of his career teasing fans with a few touchdowns in between long stints on the bench or under...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Improvement under new coaches is wide-rangingBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - A new coaching staff brings added attention and often energizes a college football program, but few head coaches go into the first season by publicly quantifying what would make for a successful win total.Do all...

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...

Associated Press3 Ex-Penn St officials get jail terms in Sandusky abuse caseBy MARC LEVY and MICHAEL RUBINKAMHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A former president of Penn State and two other former university administrators were each sentenced Friday to at least two months in jail for failing to alert authorities to...