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STATS Writer=Six ranked MVFC teams ready for openersBy TAYLOR BECHTOLD(STATS) - With the Missouri Valley Football Conference's opening night fast approaching, all eyes are on what South Dakota State's prolific aerial attack can do for an encore after helping the Jackrabbits roll to a share of the conference title...

AP Sports WriterQB Kenny Hill, running game push TCU into title racesBy CLIFF BRUNTSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Quarterback Kenny Hill and TCU's offense struggled at the end of last season, looking nothing like the juggernaut that had turned the Horned Frogs into a Big 12 power in recent years.The...

AP Sports WriterHoosiers lose key defensive starter Ball as practice beginsBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Marcelino Ball provided a physical presence in Indiana ' secondary from the moment he first stepped on the field in 2016.Now coach Tom Allen is looking for a replacement.Allen announced Monday that the fifth-year...

AP Sports WriterShimonek throws late TD pass to lift West over East 14-10By FRED GOODALLST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Texas Tech's Nic Shimonek threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Houston's Steven Dunbar with 1:23 remaining Saturday to give the West a 14-10 victory in the 93rd East-West Shrine...

WACO, Texas (AP) Baylor University President Ken Starr is proposing an independent investigation of the athletic department's handling of the sexual assault complaint against defensive end Sam Ukwuachu.Starr proposed the hiring of outside counsel after reviewing the results of the internal inquiry of sexual assault case, for which...

Coastal Carolina football coach taking medical leaveCONWAY, S.C. (AP) Coastal Carolina football coach Joe Moglia is taking a leave of absence because of a continuing medical problem.The 68-year-old Moglia announced his plans Friday. The school granted him a five-month leave to deal with what he said was a...

AP Sports WriterNew Magnolia State coaches prepare for challenging debutsBy JOHN ZENORLane Kiffin's Mississippi home debut was supposed to come against Southeast Missouri State. Mike Leach expected to start his first season at Mississippi State versus New Mexico.Instead, both coaches - and their respective offenses - will encounter stiffer...

Prosecutor: LSU players appeared justified in fatal shootingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A prosecutor says two LSU football players appear to have responded with justifiable force when they gunned down an 18-year-old man who was allegedly trying to rob them at gunpoint.East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has completed preseason drills without coach Jimbo Fisher naming a starting quarterback.Fisher says Saturday he will handle the quarterback situation when he is ready. He says he knows exactly what he is going to do.The No. 10 Seminoles open next Saturday against Texas...

Oh, brother! Faux Pelini picks 'Carl' as name of baby bisonGRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) Carl Pelini got buffaloed.(at)FauxPelini, the parody Twitter account that took off when Bo Pelini was coach at Nebraska and continues with him at Youngstown State, was given the honor of naming a bison born...

AP Sports WriterBig 12 QBs Duggan and Bowman back strong from health issuesBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Max Duggan and Alan Bowman have come back throwing strong again in the Big 12 after both experienced different health issues.Duggan never had any symptoms or problems from a previously...

Oregon parts ways with defensive coordinator Jim LeavittEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon and defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt have mutually parted ways.The two sides reached a financial settlement that will pay Leavitt $2.5 million, funded by private sources over multiple years, Oregon announced Thursday. The settlement would be less if...