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Memphis hires interim Ryan Silverfield as Tigers' new coachMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis has hired Ryan Silverfield as the Tigers' new coach, removing the interim tag given to him Sunday when Mike Norvell left for Florida State.Athletic director Laird Veatch announced the hiring Friday, saying Memphis met with...

Michigan WR Tarik Black enters transfer portalANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan wide receiver Tarik Black has entered the transfer portal.A team spokesman confirmed that Friday. Black, a junior, has 25 catches for 323 yards and a touchdown this season.In three seasons for the Wolverines, Black has 40 receptions...

2019 FCS head coaching changes(STATS) - 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 the...

AP Sports WriterArmy seniors ready for last hurrah on the football fieldBy JOHN KEKISWEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) Army quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr. is a bundle of nerves. The thought of playing one's final college game can have that effect, and it's magnified when the opponent is a fierce...

AP Sports WriterTaggart takes over at FAU, ready to get back to workBy TIM REYNOLDSBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Willie Taggart was the winning coach in the first game ever played at FAU Stadium.The Owls are hoping he wins a bunch more.Taggart was introduced as Florida Atlantic's new coach...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 commissioner says missing playoff 'harmful' to leagueBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) A Pac-12 team has made the College Football Playoff just twice in six seasons and none of the last three.If anyone should be leading the charge toward expanding the current four-team model,...

AP College Football WriterAP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSUBy RALPH D. RUSSOWhat figures to be an award-winning week for LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is underway.Burrow was named The Associated Press college football player of the year presented by Regions Bank on Thursday in...

Associated PressKansas community college denies claims in heatstroke deathBy ROXANA HEGEMANWICHITA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for the parents of a 19-year-old football player who died of heatstroke on the first day of practice at a Kansas community college said Thursday that negotiations with the school remain on track, downplaying...

AP College Football WriterAP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSUBy RALPH D. RUSSOWhat figures to be an award-winning week for LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is underway.Burrow was named The Associated Press college football player of the year on Thursday in a landslide vote, making...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 commissioner says missing playoff 'harmful' to leagueBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) A Pac-12 team has made the College Football Playoff just twice in six seasons and none of the last three.If anyone should be leading the charge toward expanding the current four-team model,...

AP Sports WriterAddazio eager to lead Colorado State after being fired at BCBy PAT GRAHAMFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Steve Addazio got a little lost inside his new facility.The Colorado State football coach wandered from room to room, before taking a moment to gaze out a window at the...

AP Sports WriterDucks' Cristobal takes AP Pac-12 Coach of the Year honorsBy ANNE. M. PETERSONWith a big victory over Utah for the Pac-12 championship, Oregon coach Mario Cristobal has the Ducks headed for the Rose Bowl.Cristobal was named the AP's Pac-12 Coach of the Year by a panel of...