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AP Sports WriterAir Tide: Alabama, SEC teams cranking up passing gamesBy JOHN ZENORQuarterbacks and receivers have been the big stars in the Southeastern Conference through two weekends of games.A look around the league once known for its mighty running games shows only five SEC running backs with 150-plus rushing...

WR Donovan Peoples-Jones leaving Michigan to enter NFL draftANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.Peoples-Jones announced his plans Saturday night on social media.The 6-foot-2, 208-pound Detroit native had 103 receptions for 1,327 yards with 14...

AP Sports WriterVols promote Larry Scott, hire Mike Canales as QB coachBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has promoted Larry Scott to offensive coordinator and has hired Mike Canales as quarterbacks coach.Volunteers coach Butch Jones announced the moves Friday.Scott was Tennessee's tight ends coach and special teams coordinator...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The Air Force football team will visit to the White House this week to be honored as winners of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. The Gazette (http://bit.ly/2oKajgW ) reports that the Falcons are scheduled to fly to Washington, D.C., on Monday and meet President Donald Trump at the...

2nd ex-Wheaton football player pleads guilty in hazing caseWHEATON, Ill. (AP) A second former Wheaton College football player arrested on felony charges after an alleged hazing incident has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges.Kyler Kregel's plea came Tuesday before a DuPage County judge, and he was sentenced to...

AP Sports WriterAfter 5-game skid, Colorado needs to win out for bowl berthBy PAT GRAHAMBOULDER, Colo. (AP) The Colorado Buffaloes have crunched the numbers and it all adds up to the same thing - there's no margin for error.Mired in a five-game skid, the Buffaloes (3-6, 1-5 Pac-12)...

AP College Football WriterBig Ten pulls plug on fall football amid COVID-19 concernsBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic.The move announced Tuesday comes six day after the...

AP College Football WriterNew-look Nebraska is out to atone for awful finish in 2016By ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Unpleasant as it is to look back, Nebraska's Mick Stoltenberg isn't ready to put the second half of the 2016 season in the rearview mirror quite yet.''Some of the things...

Associated PressKiffin wants FAU to become like No. 18 UCFBy CHUCK KINGBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) FAU coach Lane Kiffin sees the program he'd like his Owls to become in No. 18 UCF.UCF travels to FAU on Saturday, winners of 23 consecutive regular-season games and 26 of its last...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State defensive lineman Keith Joseph Jr. and his father, former Bulldogs linebacker Keith Joseph Sr., were killed in a car accident Friday night.The school said they died in a one-car accident Friday night en route to Pascagoula High School's home game. The 18-year-old Joseph...

AP Sports WriterMason confident Vandy can fix offensive issues before PurdueBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason knows a handful of areas where his Commodores can improve quickly on offense.Start faster, snap the ball better to the quarterback, have Riley Neal move up in the...

Associated PressWyoming Black 14 members receive award from universityBy BOB MOENLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) Seven of 14 black players summarily dismissed from the Wyoming football team nearly 50 years ago returned to the university Friday to dispel myths about their experience and show other black athletes that they can...