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Former Syracuse star Tim Green's uniform to be retiredSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Syracuse is honoring former All-America Tim Green during the Orange's game against No. 1 Clemson.Green's No. 72 jersey will be retired at halftime of the home opener on Sept. 14. A defensive lineman for the Orange, Green...

AP Sports WriterIn 2016, LSU and Texas were both chasing Tom HermanBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The chase was on for Tom Herman.In late 2016, Texas and LSU were both eyeing the young hotshot coach from Houston until a wild Thanksgiving weekend that included a Tigers win, a...

AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: Texas and A&M try to win the breakupBy RALPH D. RUSSOTexas and Texas A&M don't play anymore. The best their fans can do is compare resumes since the split, gloating about their team's successes and basking in the failures of their rival.There has...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Podcast: Where do FSU and Tennessee go from here?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe first weekend of the college football season featured an epic collapse by Florida State and an embarrassing loss by Tennessee. Where do they go from here?AP Photo TNWP138, FLMW107Eds: APNewsNow. With...

AP Sports Writer'Sparkplug' Tevin Bush gives West Virginia offense a boostBy JOHN RABYMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Hints that Tevin Bush could make an impact for West Virginia in 2019 began at a simple team-building exercise during preseason camp.During a game of musical chairs, 300-pound linemen were knocking each other...

WR Murphy, DB Bailey leave Tennessee's football teamKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Reserve wide receiver Jordan Murphy and defensive back Terrell Bailey have left Tennessee's football team.Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said Wednesday during the Southeastern Conference coaches' teleconference that both players had chosen to leave the program.Neither Bailey nor Murphy...

AP Sports WriterAll-America Watch: Moore chasing bigger goals at PurdueBy MICHAEL MAROTWEST LAFAYETE, Ind. (AP) Rondale Moore understands his record-breaking freshman season is history.He wants to put even more pressure on opponents by chasing bigger goals and finding new ways to take advantage of a Purdue offense perfectly...

AP Sports WriterAll-America Watch: Moore chasing bigger goals at PurdueBy MICHAEL MAROTWEST LAFAYETE, Ind. (AP) Rondale Moore understands his record-breaking freshman season is history.He wants to put even more pressure on opponents by chasing bigger goals and finding new ways to take advantage of a Purdue offense perfectly...

Correction: T25-Auburn-Dramatic Wins storyAUBURN, Ala. (AP) In a story Sept. 3 about Auburn's dramatic wins under coach Gus Malzahn, The Associated Press erroneously reported the score and year of Auburn's victory over LSU when Danny Etling took the snap and threw an apparent last-play touchdown pass. That happened...

AP Sports WriterBottoming out: SEC's top teams roll, other squads struggleBy JOHN ZENORMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) With several SEC teams reeling from opening-week flops the Southeastern Conference didn't look like ''top to bottom'' the best league in the country as its coaches have long proclaimed.Only the top teams did...

AP Sports WriterACC experiencing highs, lows of high-profile transfersBy JOEDY McCREARYRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division could serve as a case study for the extremes of college football's transfer spectrum.At one end is Miami, where the NCAA allowed quarterback Tate Martell to play immediately after...

AP Sports WriterNew Ohio State QB readies for bigger challenge against CincyBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Justin Fields accounted for five touchdowns in his debut as Ohio State's starting quarterback, but his coach's favorite play was when the sophomore scrambled out of the pocket and threw the ball...