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AP Sports WriterVirus has NFL prospects pondering threat of a lost seasonBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Joe Burrow was a competent if unspectacular quarterback as a backup at Ohio State and during his first post-transfer season at LSU. In 2019, he transformed into Super Joe.Imagine if a pandemic...

MEAC postpones football seasonThe Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has suspended fall sports, becoming the third Division I league to postpone its football season.Following fellow FCS conferences the Ivy League and Patriot League, the MEAC announced it would not have competition in the fall and consider trying to make up the...

AP Sports WriterPoints at a premium between Cal and TCU at Cheez-It BowlBy JOHN MARSHALLPHOENIX (AP) The newly named Cheez-It Bowl has a history of points coming in bunches, with six of the past seven games producing at least one team scoring 30 points or more.This year's Cheez-It...

AP College Football WriterHouston hires coach Dana Holgorsen away from West VirginiaBy RALPH D. RUSSOHouston hired West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen as its coach Wednesday, ending his eight-year run with the Mountaineers.Holgorsen was 61-41 and 33-30 in the Big 12 as he helped guide West Virginia through the transition from...

AP Sports WriterSEC's 8 ranked teams adds intrigue to remaining scheduleBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The SEC this week has been able to celebrate having the most ranked teams within a single conference at any time in the past two years.One league has not had eight simultaneously...

AP Sports WriterStanford puts bad loss in past to prepare for WashingtonBy JOSH DUBOWSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) There are few benefits with playing on a Friday night with one less day of preparation and recovery. For Stanford at least, it's one less day to dwell on a late loss...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Top 25: UND still first in Big SkyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It's hard to overshadow an Eastern Washington-Montana matchup in the Big Sky Conference, but North Dakota left no doubt Saturday.The No. 17 Fighting Hawks held on to first place by handing Weber State its...

AP Sports WriterLSU linebacker Divinity hoping to turn trouble into triumphBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Trouble off the field caused LSU senior linebacker Michael Divinity to miss the majority of one of the most extraordinary football seasons in school history.The team's 2018 co-leader in sacks even briefly quit...

AP Sports WriterMiami extends coach Mark Richt's contract through 2023By TIM REYNOLDSCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Mark Richt is being rewarded for getting Miami football back on track.The Hurricanes extended Richt's deal through 2023, putting him under contract for six years again. He originally signed a six-year agreement in...

AP Sports WriterACC: Replay should have added second to end of UNC-Wake gameBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference said Saturday the replay official erred on the final play of the North Carolina-Wake Forest game by failing to initiate a review that would have put one...

Kansas to honor former coach Mangino during season openerLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas plans to honor former coach Mark Mangino, who was forced out amid allegations that he abused his players, and the rest of the 2007 team that won the Orange Bowl, during its season opener.The school said...

Associated PressInquiry finds racial bias, bullying in Iowa football programBy RYAN J. FOLEYIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Facing a scathing report that detailed racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said Thursday he would not be...