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Associated PressCal's Evan Weaver wants more than individual honorsBy MICHAEL WAGAMANBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) California linebacker Evan Weaver received word this week that he's among 12 semifinalists for the Dick Butkus award. That came after Weaver got invited to the Senior Bowl.It's the latest in a long line of...

LAS VEGAS (AP) BYU has hired former Cougars running back Kalani Sitake as its football coach.BYU announced the move Saturday after its 35-28 loss to No. 20 Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl. Sitake replaced Bronco Mendenhall, who returned to coach the bowl games after taking the Virginia...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for workouts earlier this month. Clemson said Friday it has conducted 430 tests of its personnel with...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Wofford lone unbeaten in SoCon raceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Hold your thumb and index fingers apart slightly to get a sense on how the Southern Conference title race is taking shape.Fifth-ranked Wofford did it again Saturday, beating No. 22 Western Carolina 35-28 in overtime to take...

AP Sports WriterUnderdog Vandy seeks to beat Tennessee for 4th straight timeBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt wants to salvage something from a disappointing season by continuing its recent mastery of Tennessee.The Commodores (3-8, 1-6 SEC) will be seeking a fourth straight victory over Tennessee (6-5, 4-3) when...

AP College Football WriterAPNewsBreak: Kickoff fair catches not catching onBy ERIC OLSONThe new college football rule rewarding teams for making fair catches on kickoffs has not caught on like officiating supervisors expected and more changes could be made in 2019 to further reduce kick returns or make them safer.If...

AP College Football WriterHuskers doing Spanish radio broadcast with eye toward futureBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska will be the first school in the Big Ten to offer a Spanish-language radio broadcast for a football game when the Cornhuskers play Northwestern on Saturday, and the hope is such...

Former Iowa RB Akrum Wadley alleges mistreatment by coachesIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Former Iowa running back Akrum Wadley ripped the Hawkeyes on Monday, saying he was so mistreated by some coaches he now regrets playing there.Wadley's statement, posted on Facebook, mentioned coach Kirk Ferentz, his son, offensive coordinator...

Duke safety McDuffie out with broken thumbDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says starting safety Jeremy McDuffie is out indefinitely after having surgery on his broken right thumb.Team spokesman Art Chase said Wednesday that McDuffie had the operation Tuesday.The junior has 34 tackles and one interception in 24 career games....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Remove Alabama receiver Daniel Geddes' crimson No. 37 jersey, and it would be difficult to distinguish him from any other student on campus.It is on the Crimson Tide football team that he stands out - if you can even find his 5-foot-6, 165-pound frame among...

Jon Reschke leaves Michigan State after regrettable commentEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State linebacker Jon Reschke has left the team.Reschke released a statement Friday, saying he made an insensitive and totally regrettable comment involving a former teammate more than a month ago. Reschke says he and coach Mark...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was cleared of the accusations he faced at a student code of conduct hearing involving an alleged sexual assault two years ago, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday.Former Florida Supreme Court judge Major Harding wrote in...