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Jacksonville State, UNA to renew rivalry(STATS) - North Alabama moving to the FCS ranks is leading to the renewal of an intrastate rivalry with Jacksonville State.The two schools announced a four-year agreement on Wednesday. Jacksonville State will host a meeting on Sept. 21, 2019, and then again in 2021....

AP Sports WriterDave Aranda set for long-awaited Baylor debut against KansasBy SCHUYLER DIXONWACO, Texas (AP) Dave Aranda's off-and-on wait for his debut as Baylor coach may finally be over.To say nothing of what his players have been through with the COVID-19-related cancellations of two non-conference games, forcing the...

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...

AP Sports WriterNo. 22 K-State, Kansas meet off wins in Sunflower ShowdownBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The scenes that took place last Saturday in two football stadiums separated by a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 70 were quite similar: The clock ticking to zero, the players streaming off the...

AP Sports WriterWhoa, Nellie: Keith Jackson remembered at Rose BowlBy BETH HARRISPASADENA, Calif. (AP) Keith Jackson was remembered as ''the Walter Cronkite of sports broadcasting'' and a loving husband, father and grandfather away from the broadcast booth in a memorial service at the Rose Bowl.Nearly 400 family and...

Backup QB Jake Haener leaves No. 13 WashingtonSEATTLE (AP) Backup quarterback Jake Haener is leaving No. 13 Washington after losing a camp battle for the starting job to Georgia transfer Jacob Eason.Washington released a statement on Saturday announcing Haener was leaving the program effective immediately. There were no...

2019 FCS head coaching changes(Stats Perform) - 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...

Associated PressMissouri aiming for second-half improvement against IdahoBy CHARLIE CLARKECOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri's 1-5 start to the season put coach Barry Odom and the Tigers under fire. And if that wasn't already evident, Odom made it clear last Sunday.During a team meeting, the second-year coach took game statistics...

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...

Utah kicker could be difference in Heart of Dallas BowlDALLAS (AP) If the Heart of Dallas Bowl comes down to a kick for Utah against West Virginia, the Utes will turn to someone who entered this season with only one year of high school football, didn't know what...

AP Sports WriterGeorge Perles, longtime Michigan State coach, dies at 85By LARRY LAGEGeorge Perles, who coached Michigan State to a Rose Bowl victory in 1988 and was a key defensive assistant for the dominant Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 85.Perles played football at Michigan...

Ex-Minnesota Gophers coach reaches $1M deal with hospitalMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Former Gophers linebackers coach Mike Sherels has reached a $1 million settlement with the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview involving treatment that left him in a coma in 2016.The Star Tribune says the university disclosed the settlement Wednesday...