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AP Sports WriterTexas hoping week off got the Longhorns healthyBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Their egos bruised by two losses in the last three games, the Texas Longhorns hope they are finally getting back some healthy players to help turn their season around.Among the key players expected back...

Associated PressFlorida State fires coach Willie Taggart after 21 gamesBy BOB FERRANTETALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State fired second-year football coach Willie Taggart on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the Seminoles lost to rival Miami and with the team in danger of missing a bowl game for the...

AP Sports WriterNo. 19 Memphis showing off offense filled with playmakersBy TERESA M. WALKERMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Mike Norvell's biggest selling point for the 19th-ranked Memphis Tigers is how his program is built for playmakers to make plays.Lots of plays for lots of yards.Wide receiver Antonio Gibson is Memphis'...

Associated PressFlorida State fires football coach Willie TaggartBy BOB FERRANTETALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has fired Willie Taggart, the move coming a day after the Seminoles lost to rival Miami and with the team in danger of missing a bowl for the second consecutive season.Taggart was 9-12 in...

Florida State fires football coach Willie TaggartTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has fired Willie Taggart one day after the Seminoles were beaten by Miami and fell closer to missing a bowl game for the second consecutive season.Taggart was 9-12 in parts of two seasons at Florida State. He...

AP Sports WriterCentral Michigan bowl eligible a season after going 1-11By NOAH TRISTERCentral Michigan's quick turnaround reached another milepost: The Chippewas are bowl eligible.CMU beat Northern Illinois 48-10 on Saturday to improve to 6-4 this season under new coach Jim McElwain. The Chippewas went 1-11 last season.Elsewhere, Virginia Tech...

AP Sports WriterLatest outing proves Utah's Huntley is part of Pac-12 eliteBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) With all the other big-name quarterbacks in the Pac-12, it's been easy - albeit unfair - for Utah's Tyler Huntley to be overlooked.That should end after his latest performance.Huntley continued to make his...

AP Sports WriterNo. 19 Memphis showing off offense filled with playmakersBy TERESA M. WALKERMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Mike Norvell's biggest selling point for the 19th-ranked Memphis Tigers is how his program is built for playmakers to make plays.Lots of plays for lots of yards.Wide receiver Antonio Gibson is Memphis'...

AP Sports WriterK-State beats up on Kansas, sends notice to Big 12By DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) There is a documentary series called ''Miles to Go'' chronicling Les Miles' first season at Kansas, and during an episode following the Jayhawks' last-second win over Texas Tech, he brazenly walked into...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: Navy gives AAC 4 teams, 3rd-most by conferenceBy RALPH D. RUSSONavy moved into The Associated Press college football poll at No. 25, giving the American Athletic Conference four ranked teams, more than all but the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference.With nine ranked...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: Navy gives AAC 4 teams, 3rd-most by conferenceBy RALPH D. RUSSONavy moved into The Associated Press college football poll at No. 25, giving the American Athletic Conference four ranked teams, more than all but the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference.With nine ranked...

AP Was There: Harvard wins 1920 Rose Bowl, beats Oregon 7-6By The Associated PressOne hundred years ago, college football was still dominated by leather helmet-wearing Ivy Leaguers who played both offense and defense. The forward pass had been legalized about a dozen years earlier, but the outcomes were still...