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AP Sports WriterBadgers star Jonathan Taylor on verge of freshman rush markBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) Jonathan Taylor's most important carry of the year may have come before No. 3 Wisconsin took a regular-season snap.The setting: a scrimmage in the second week of training camp. Taylor busted...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 CAA Football spring outlookBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It's odd how a conference that set the FCS record for the most qualifiers in a single playoff would have something to prove the following year.But CAA Football disappointed in the 2018 playoffs even with regular-season champion Maine...

Kentucky safety Walker arrested on multiple drug chargesLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky junior safety Marcus Walker has been charged with trafficking cocaine and marijuana following a police search of an off-campus apartment.Lexington police arrested Walker and 23-year-old Tavon Wells early Thursday morning after finding at least five pounds of...

AP College Football WriterBuilding bubbles: Cautious 1st steps toward football seasonBy RALPH D. RUSSOCollege football is scheduled to kick off in less than three months and there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that games will be played Labor Day weekend.Universities across the country are taking the first...

Drake to host six, take on Montana(STATS) - After finishing second in the Pioneer Football League last season, Drake will seek to take the next step in its 11-game 2018 schedule which was announced Friday.The Bulldogs, who finished 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the PFL, will host six games...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Dave Clawson's rebuilding effort at Wake Forest could reach a big preseason goal Saturday with the Demon Deacons a win away from bowl eligibility. Just don't expect the third-year coach to say much about it entering a home game against Army. ''I'm not going to talk about it,''...

AP Sports WriterNew Rutgers offensive coordinator starting from scratchBy TOM CANAVANPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Rutgers will start from scratch under new offensive coordinator John McNulty.New playbook. New terminology. There is even the possibility that McNulty starts a true freshman at quarterback.After three days of spring practice, McNulty on Tuesday...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Sneak peek to 2017 FCS title contendersBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - During his locker room speech after his team won the FCS national championship Saturday, James Madison coach Mike Houston didn't quite throw around the word "repeat" as a late New Year's resolution.But two outgoing seniors, cornerback...

Kennesaw State finalizes 2019 schedule(STATS) - Two-time defending Big South champ Kennesaw State announced a 12-game 2019 schedule on Monday.The Owls will play six games at home, including a recently added matchup with Reinhart on Sept. 28.Coach Brian Bohannon's squad will open the season by hosting Point (Aug. 31)....

UAB running back declared brain dead after shootingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Police in Florida are searching for clues after a Saturday night shooting on Interstate 95 in South Florida that left University of Alabama Birmingham running back Gregory Bryant brain dead and injured a passenger in his...

AP Sports WriterMulti-position players boost options in pandemic seasonBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina's Trey Morrison entered preseason camp set to play nickelback, only to start working at free safety with the goal of being ready to play anywhere in the secondary on short notice.That's because the...

Associated PressJonah Jackson returns to Rutgers, going from worst to firstBy MATT SUGAMPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Seconds after the game between No. 2 Ohio State and Rutgers ended, there was a meeting of offensive linemen near midfield.It was a bunch of guys wearing Rutgers jerseys mobbing Buckeyes offensive lineman...