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Amazing Amy to join 4 others as Fiesta Bowl parade marshalsPHOENIX (AP) Special Olympian Amy Bockerstette will join an elite group of women serving as grand marshals for the Fiesta Bowl parade.The inspirational golfer with Down syndrome will serve as grand marshal for the Dec. 28 parade with...

AP Sports WriterPeters-led Maize beats Blue 31-29 in Michigan spring gameBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan did not provide a roster for its spring game Saturday and a list of their players with numbers for the 2017 season isn't on their website. And coach Jim Harbaugh did...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 commissioner says missing playoff 'harmful' to leagueBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) A Pac-12 team has made the College Football Playoff just twice in six seasons and none of the last three.If anyone should be leading the charge toward expanding the current four-team model,...

Associated PressUSC RB Jones taking his place among greats at 'Tailback U'By DAN GREENSPANLOS ANGELES (AP) Ronald Jones II is joining the ranks of the all-time great Southern California running backs.Jones is now ninth in career rushing yards by a Trojan and will pass childhood favorite Reggie Bush...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Five names to know in each FCS conference - Part IBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Fingers are being crossed everywhere that there will be a full college football season this year.If - when, is more like it, right? - there is a 2020 campaign, the...

HOUSTON (AP) - Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman has been hired as Houston's new coach.Herman takes over for Tony Levine, who was fired last week.Herman agreed to a five-year, $6.75 million deal to take over the Cougars, who went 7-5 this season.He has been quarterbacks coach and offensive...

AP Sports WriterInterim coach, Florida St. aim to turn things around at BCBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Six wins wasn't going to be good enough for Florida State.Boston College would take it.Less than a week after firing coach Willie Taggart because a 4-5 start left them in danger of...

Vols OL Ryan Johnson says he's transferring to Georgia TechKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee offensive lineman Ryan Johnson says he’s transferring to Georgia Tech.Johnson tweeted Monday that “I’m excited to be a Yellow Jacket and looking forward to a great season.”Because he already has graduated, Johnson would be eligible...

Heart condition forces Penn St. RB Brown to give up footballSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Penn State running back Journey Brown says he has a heart condition that is forcing him to give up football.Brown posted Wednesday night on Twitter that he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that causes...

AP Sports WriterTexas defense going from bad to worse at midseasonBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The defensive numbers for No. 15 Texas are bad and getting worse.After losing to No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday, the Longhorns rank last in the Big 12 in pass defense and total defense,...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Single-game highs of the FCS fall seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Many FCS players have posted big individual performances with the chance for more as the fall season winds down in the next month.Who's posted the biggest games?Following are single-game highs among FCS players:RUSHINGYards -...

Tony White to be the new defensive coordinator at SyracuseSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Tony White will be the new defensive coordinator at Syracuse.Orange coach Dino Babers declined to discuss the vacancy on his staff when asked during a signing day news conference on Wednesday, but Arizona State made the...