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STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS 2019: Southern Conference PreviewBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Anything less than the Southern Conference looking like last season would be surprising … and a letdown.The conference enjoyed one of the premier title races in the FCS. Wofford, ETSU and Furman combined on a three-way share of...

AP Sports WriterAnalysis: Arizona's Tate darkhorse contender for HeismanBy JOE REEDYLast season, Khalil Tate was on the short list of preseason favorites for the Heisman Trophy.As Arizona prepares to open this season on Aug. 24 at Hawaii, the junior quarterback is a longshot.Tate rushed for 1,411 yards and 12...

Former USC, South Carolina AD Mike McGee dies at 80COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Former Southern California and South Carolina athletic director Mike McGee, a former Outland Trophy winner at Duke who hired Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier to lead Gamecocks football, died Friday. He was 80.The University of South...

Gamecocks tight end Kiel Pollard retiring due to spinal cystCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina tight end Kiel Pollard is giving up football after a cyst was found on his spinal cord.The Gamecocks announced Pollard's decision Friday.The 6-foot-1, 235-pound Pollard sustained a small fracture in his neck last week...

AP Sports WriterArmy football looks to keep the good times rollingBy JOHN KEKISWEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) Entering his sixth season at Army, coach Jeff Monken is in a very good place - 29 wins in three seasons and a team that's driven to keep the excellence going.The Black...

Longtime South Carolina AD McGee dies at 80COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Former South Carolina athletic director Mike McGee, a former Outland Trophy winner at Duke who hired Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier to lead Gamecocks football, died Friday. He was 80.The University of South Carolina announced McGee's death Friday,...

Associated PressNiumatalolo, retooled Navy look for bounce-back seasonBy TODD KARPOVICHANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) In the wake of his worst season Navy's football coach, Ken Niumatalolo made widespread changes to his standard formula for success.The Midshipmen went 3-10 in 2018, losing to both Army and Air Force. It was their...

Louisiana football players encouraged to donate to athleticsBy The Associated PressFootball players at the University of Louisiana are being encouraged to donate to the Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation, a booster organization that funds the athletic department.The donation is not mandatory, although this week coach Billy Napier said contributing a...

AP Sports WriterGround rules: Run-heavy Air Force looks to get back on trackBy PAT GRAHAMAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Obviously, a second straight 5-7 season didn't sit well with the Air Force Falcons.Quick for them to point out, though, was this little tidbit: Of the seven losses, five...

AP Sports WriterOhio's Frank Solich on pace to become MAC's winningest coachBy LARRY LAGEDETROIT (AP) Ohio coach Frank Solich is approaching his 75th birthday, looking and sounding as if he has no plans to slow down anytime soon.''I've got great energy and I wouldn't trade what I'm doing...

AP Sports WriterExperienced Bearcats try to build on breakout seasonBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Nobody gave Cincinnati much thought heading into coach Luke Fickell's second season since he made the 90-minute drive down Interstate 71 from Ohio State to rebuild a bottoming-out program.Look at the Bearcats now.After going 4-8...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Podcast: Can Pac-12 break its playoff drought?By RALPH D. RUSSOOregon is on the rise. Utah might have its best team since joining the Pac-12. Washington has a new former five-star quarterback. And USC has a coach planted firmly on the hot seat.On the...