CFB

Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm gets 2-year extensionWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm has received a two-year contract extension through 2024.The school's board of trustees approved the deal Thursday.Brohm was hired in December 2016 and turned the program around in his first season. The Boilermakers...

Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock quickly responded to defensive coordinator Bud Foster's suggestion that coaches might fine players from their cost of attendance stipends by saying no such thing will happen.New NCAA rules allow schools to pay a stipend of several thousand dollars to athletes that cover school...

AP Sports WriterFlorida's Bryan looks to turn NFL potential into productionBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Taven Bryan's draft stock has more to do with potential than production.The Florida defensive tackle had 67 tackles, including 5 + sacks, in three seasons with the Gators. He was a 6-foot-4, 291-pound...

Tyson Summers out as defensive coordinator at ColoradoBOULDER, Colo. (AP) Tyson Summers is out as defensive coordinator at Colorado after two seasons.Summers was hired under former Buffaloes coach Mel Tucker in December 2018, and was one of the staff members retained by current Colorado coach Karl Dorrell.Summers is...

Georgia rehires Fountain, also adds Hankton from VanderbiltATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia coach Kirby Smart has rehired Scott Fountain as an assistant following Fountain's one month on Mississippi State's staff.Smart on Wednesday also confirmed he has hired Cortez Hankton, who was Vanderbilt's wide receivers coach the past three years.Fountain...

Hoosiers lose starting quarterback with season-ending injuryBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will miss the rest of the season with an injured right shoulder.Penix hurt the joint between the collarbone and sternum during the first half of Saturday's victory over Northwestern. It's the same injury Kansas...

AP College Football WriterMeyer says he followed protocol for 2015 abuse allegationsBy RALPH D. RUSSOOhio State coach Urban Meyer said Friday he followed proper reporting protocols regarding domestic violence allegations against an assistant coach in 2015, his first extensive comments since he was put on paid leave earlier this...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: Clemson No. 1, followed by Ohio State, AlabamaBy RALPH D. RUSSOClemson is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what has already been taken by the...

Associated Press3rd ex-Texas Tech player charged with felony burglaryBy BETSY BLANEYLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) A third Texas Tech football player who was kicked off the team last month has been charged with burglary in connection with the theft of at least seven guns, jail and court records showed.Records show...

Associated PressD'Eriq King intends to stay at HoustonBy JOSHUA KOCHHOUSTON (AP) D'Eriq King says he is staying at the University of Houston.The quarterback is denying reports that he intends to transfer after redshirting the remainder of the 2019 season.''That was never a thought,'' King said Tuesday. ''I never...

AP Sports WriterNew Baylor coach Aranda sensed something special with BearsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSWACO, Texas (AP) Dave Aranda sensed something special about Baylor even before the Bears were looking for a new head coach.''I could see the togetherness of the team, I could see the toughness of the team,''...

AP Sports WriterClemson to play this weekend with storm battering coastlineBy PETE IACOBELLICLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson is moving forward with plans to host its scheduled football game on Saturday while Hurricane Florence wreaks havoc on the Carolinas' coastline with officials bracing for historic flooding and record-setting rainfall that...