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AP Sports WriterOklahoma football coach Riley's salary jumps to $6 millionBy CLIFF BRUNTOklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley's salary jumped to $6 million and he had his contract extended a year, through the 2023 season.Riley and Oklahoma's Board of Regents agreed in principle to the extension and salary increase earlier...

Eclipse expected to be a winner at Saluki Stadium(STATS) - Saluki Stadium will be packed at Southern Illinois University on Monday afternoon, but don't go looking for a football practice.You'd be left in the dark.The city of Carbondale, where SIU is located, is a prime viewing spot for the...

Michigan State adds more football staffersEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State's football team has hired Jason Novak as strength and conditioning coach and Scott Aligo as director of player personnel.The school also announced Thursday that Geoff Martzen will serve as the program’s chief of staff.The Spartans have been...

AP Sports WriterOregon looks to rebound against Oregon State in Civil WarBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) The No. 14 Oregon Ducks not only have to steel themselves for motivated Oregon State, they have to guard against letting the disappointment of Arizona State defeat them again.Oregon was cruising...

Associated PressFormer Vanderbilt player sentenced to 15 years for dorm rapeBy SHEILA BURKENASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student.Davidson County Criminal Court Judge...

AP Sports WriterIowa TE Noah Fant preps for bigger role in '18By LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Despite setting records last fall, Iowa tight end Noah Fant went largely unnoticed outside of the Big Ten West.That shouldn't be the case in 2018.Fant will return for his junior season...

AP Sports WriterUSC spring ends, but QB competition hasn't really startedBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Jack Sears and Matt Fink both think they're far more prepared to be Southern California's next starting quarterback after a busy, productive spring running the Trojans' offense.They also realize the competition for Sam...

AP Sports WriterMoorhead, Mississippi St pushing for quick spring transitionBy DAVID BRANDTSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State's Joe Moorhead is going through the same problems and having the same headaches that first-year coaches always go through when establishing the way they want their football program run.One difference: He won't...

We pontificate and analyze and study for months, and then the games start, and we find out how much we don't know. We write and speak with good intentions. We're as excited about the season getting here as you are. But then, like most newborns, it acts nothing like imagined....

AP Sports WriterMiami returns Malik Rosier to starting quarterback spotBy TIM REYNOLDSMalik Rosier has his job back.Miami has changed starting quarterbacks again, with Rosier returning to the first-string spot that he lost to N'Kosi Perry three games ago. Rosier led Miami to the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division championship...

NC State dismisses 2 players, suspends 3 for misconductRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren has dismissed two players from the team and suspended three others for violating athletics department and team rules pertaining to marijuana and alcohol.The team announced the dismissals and suspensions Tuesday. The...

AP College Football WriterHuskers' Riley counts scoreboard points, not style pointsBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska is unbeaten in mid-October and its No. 8 ranking is its highest in five years. Time for the fans and media to start scrutinizing just how good the Cornhuskers are.One narrative is...