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AP Sports WriterNo. 1 Clemson comfortable building depth, not player resumesBy PETE IACOBELLICLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence knows sitting and watching when the Tigers have big leads is no way to win a Heisman Trophy.It is, he said, it is a way for the top-ranked Tigers...

No. 1 Alabama begins rough road at ArkansasAll offseason, this has been the four-game stretch circled for No. 1 Alabama as the treacherous portion of a road back to the College Football Playoff for the defending champion Crimson Tide.Saturday begins a five-week stretch in which undefeated Alabama plays at...

AP College Football WriterFew 5-stars left as early signing period comes to closeBy RALPH D. RUSSOAfter the first early signing period for major college football, there are still some big prizes to be had on the recruiting trail.The three-day window came to close Friday with one more five-star recruit...

Associated PressFormer Ohio State football coach Earle Bruce dies at 87By MITCH STACY and RUSTY MILLERCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Earle Bruce embraced the difficult task of following his mentor, Woody Hayes, as Ohio State's head football coach. In his later years, he became a much-loved patriarch of the program...

AP Sports WriterPurdue loses Sindelar, Moore for trip to No. 12 Penn St.By MICHAEL MAROTThe Purdue Boilermakers got a double dose of bad news Monday.Starting quarterback Elijah Sindelar will miss multiple weeks with a broken left collarbone and All-American receiver Rondale Moore will sit out Saturday at No. 12...

Police will not release suicide note in quarterback's deathPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Police will not release the suicide note found with Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski when his body was discovered.Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins says state law restricts the release of suicide note details only to family members.The...

AP College Football WriterPatterson eligible for Mich., good news for other transfersBy RALPH D. RUSSOQuarterback Shea Patterson is eligible to play for Michigan this year after the NCAA granted the Mississippi transfer's request to waive the usually required redshirt season at his new school.Michigan and Ole Miss released a...

AP Sports WriterRivalry renewed? Florida, Miami add to once-heated seriesBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Even though his father played at Miami and his older brother at Florida, Marco Wilson has little knowledge of the once-heated rivalry involving the two Sunshine State teams.The Florida Flop? The Peach Pelting? The...

Florida's most famous cheerleader, Mr. Two Bits, dies at 97GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) The University of Florida's most famous cheerleader has died.The school announced George Edmondson Jr.'s death on Thursday, two days after his passing. Edmondson was better known as Mr. Two Bits while riling up crowds at Florida...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Georgia senior quarterback Hutson Mason has left the Belk Bowl in the second quarter with an undisclosed injury.His return is uncertain, according to the Georgia public relations department.Mason took a hard shot to his midsection midway through the second quarter and was slow to get...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 coaches: Let's all get on the same page schedule-wiseBy ANNE M. PETERSONIt's that time of year - the final stretch - when the Pac-12's nine-game conference schedule comes up.Washington is undefeated and ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25 , and appears to be hurtling...

AP Sports WriterBowlsby feels good about Big 12 despite negative perceptionsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFRISCO, Texas (AP) The Big 12's decision to restore a football championship game was based only on the league wanting to boost its chances of getting a team into the College Football Playoff, Commissioner Bob Bowlsby...