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Associated PressComing home the hard part for Cal after Australia tripBy GIDEON RUBINBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) The 7,500 mile trip, 17-hour time difference, and all the hoopla surrounding the first college football game played in Australia in three decades was easy.The hard part for the Cal Bears was coming...

AP Sports WriterOnce again, No. 4 Clemson not allowing many yards or pointsBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) If Clemson's defense is a work in progress, the growing pains aren't showing in the box score or the scoreboard.The No. 4 Tigers appear to be as stingy as last...

UNC OL Ferranto to miss season with torn muscleCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina offensive lineman John Ferranto will miss the season with a torn pectoral muscle.Team spokesman Kevin Best on Friday said Ferranto injured his left pectoral muscle during a training workout on Monday, and had surgery...

AP Sports WriterMaryland takes responsibility for mistakes in player deathBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) The University of Maryland acknowledged Tuesday that the football player who collapsed during practice and subsequently died did not receive proper medical care and the school must accept ''legal and moral responsibility for...

AP Sports WriteOklahoma's offensive line reloads after sending 4 to NFLBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma's rebuilt offensive line is getting its usual results.Bobby Evans, Cody Ford, Dru Samia and Ben Powers all were drafted into the NFL from last year's team that reached the College Football Playoff....

Weber State extends Hill through 2023 season(STATS) - Weber State extended coach Jay Hill's contract by two years through the 2023 season Wednesday.Hill, 42, has led the Wildcats to a 26-22 record and two playoff appearances in his first four seasons. This year, they're enjoying their best season ever...

Associated PressUniversity of Hawaii says 21-year-old linebacker has diedBy CALEB JONESHONOLULU (AP) A University of Hawaii football player has died.Linebacker Scheyenne Sanitoa died on July 4, the school said in a statement Friday. He was 21.Teammates were brought together Friday morning to discuss the death, and campus counselors...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemicBy JOHN ZENORThe Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.The conference cited medical...

AP College Football WriterAnalysis: Commitment in football is simply self-preservationBy RALPH D. RUSSOCollege football needs to place a moratorium on the use of the words loyalty and commitment.Everybody involved, coaches, administrators and, yes, even players have ceded the right to demand it from others.''I think what we have created...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=What are the most-played FCS playoff matchups?By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Reigning national champion North Dakota State's brief but highly successful history in the FCS playoffs is producing some of the most-played postseason matchups.It's not surprising the results have been one-sided.NDSU first appeared in the FCS playoffs...

AP College Football WriterBaylor-Houston, FAU-Ga Southern postponed day before gamesBy RALPH D. RUSSOBaylor's season opener against Houston, scheduled less than a week ago, was one of two Bowl Subdivision games postponed Friday - the day before before they were supposed to play.Florida Atlantic's opener against Georgia Southern was postponed...

UNC graduate DB Wolfolk ruled academically ineligibleCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina graduate defensive back Myles Wolfolk has been ruled academically ineligible for the 12th-ranked Tar Heels.Team spokesman Jeremy Sharpe said Thursday that Wolfolk ''fell behind'' in his graduate work during the past semester. He had graduated in...