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AP Sports WriterOklahoma WR Marquise Brown more than a speedster this yearBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Marquise ''Hollywood'' Brown showed up to Oklahoma with an exceptional gift that he relied on a bit too much.Brown was used to blowing by people with his speed, so he kept doing...

Wisconsin WR Quintez Cephus returns to practiceMADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus has returned to practice and his coach says pending eligibility issues stem from a lack of credits because he was expelled amid sexual assault allegations this spring.Cephus was charged a year ago with sexually assaulting...

Auburn RB Kamryn Pettway won't play in the Peach BowlATLANTA (AP) Injured Auburn running back Kamryn Pettway didn't travel with the team and won't play in the Peach Bowl.Coach Gus Malzahn said Wednesday that Pettway ''stayed back (in Alabama) with his family.''The seventh-ranked Tigers face No. 10 UCF...

East Carolina, BYU add 2 games to series in 2022, 2024GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) East Carolina and BYU have added two more games to their football series.ECU officials said Thursday that the Pirates will visit BYU in 2022 and the Cougars will return the trip in 2024. The teams...

Duke safety McDuffie out with broken thumbDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says starting safety Jeremy McDuffie is out indefinitely after having surgery on his broken right thumb.Team spokesman Art Chase said Wednesday that McDuffie had the operation Tuesday.The junior has 34 tackles and one interception in 24 career games....

AP Sports WriterNo. 14 Michigan LB Devin Bush has always had father at sideBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Nebraska set up what seemed like a perfectly timed play, allowing Michigan's hard-charging defense to rush up the field just before completing a screen pass.There was one problem: Devin...

The fans at Doak Campbell Stadium will be treated to a game between the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Florida State Seminoles when they take their seats on Saturday. Wake Forest at Florida State 185 WAKE FOREST -22.5 52 186 FLORIDA ST -21.5 53 When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 15, 2016 Where:...

2nd Ex-Texas Tech player arrested on felony burglary chargeLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Jail records show that a second Texas Tech football player who was kicked off the team last month has been charged with burglary.Records show 18-year-old Trace Keaton Ellison was arrested Wednesday on a charge of burglary of...

Alabama-Florida State open ABC's Saturday night footballBy The Associated PressA potential matchup of preseason No. 1 vs. No. 2 between Alabama and Florida State will be ABC's first Saturday night football game of the 2017 season.ESPN/ABC announced Thursday its opening-weekend schedule, along with the Saturday prime-time games for the...

TCU's Patterson sorry for repeating racial slur to playerFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) TCU football coach Gary Patterson apologized for himself Tuesday for repeating a racial slur when telling a player to stop using the slur in team meetings.Patterson's tweet came a day after school Chancellor Victor Boschini said...

AP Sports WriterWisconsin's 2017 class led by QB Jack Coan, OL Kayden LylesBy DAVE CAMPBELLAfter sharing time at quarterback for Wisconsin last year with now-departed senior Bart Houston, returning sophomore Alex Hornibrook should have the job to himself heading into the 2017 season.Competition is coming, though, from one of...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=SWAC to stop playing conference championship gameBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference is planning to forgo the only conference championship game in the FCS after this year's matchup on Dec. 2 in Houston.In a surprising announcement Tuesday, the SWAC said it will begin sending...