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2 Florida players ejected on punt return vs. VandyNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Officials ejected two Florida players after a Vanderbilt defender's helmet was knocked off on a punt return and both coaches yelled at each other as their teams spilled onto the field in a near-brawl.No. 14 Florida trailed...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Top 40 undrafted FCS playersBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - There is always significant talent available even after NFL Draft, so the signings of undrafted free agents are fast and furious.Some may become more relevant than Mr. Relevant - the final pick of the seven-round draft.Here...

Associated PressEx-Oregon football star stops armed student at Oregon schoolBy GILLIAN FLACCUSPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A former college football standout at the University of Oregon was credited Friday with tackling an armed student at a Portland, Oregon, high school before anyone was injured.Keanon Lowe, a football and track coach...

AP Sports WriterMississippi State fires coach Joe Moorhead after 2 seasonsBy STEVE MEGARGEEMississippi State fired Joe Moorhead after just two seasons Friday, making the unusual decision to dismiss a coach after a bowl game.The Bulldogs went 14-12 under Moorhead, who was previously the offensive coordinator at Penn State. He...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says quarterback Baker Mayfield is expected to play Saturday against Oklahoma State after sustaining a concussion a week ago.Mayfield took a helmet-to-helmet hit from TCU linebacker Ty Summers early in the second quarter of a 30-29 win last Saturday. The Heisman...

Las Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slayingLAS VEGAS (AP) A 17-year-old suspected of shooting and killing a Missouri State University football player during a fight involving their sisters in Las Vegas has been charged as an adult with murder.Richard Allan Newsome Jr. stood in shackles...

Florida A&M to face competitive schedule(Stats Perform) - Florida A&M will seek to build off a banner season during its competitive, 11-game schedule this year.The Rattlers finished last season 9-2 and a MEAC-best 7-1, although it was ineligible for the conference title due to NCAA Academic Progress Rate sanctions.In...

AP Sports WriterNo. 7 Auburn's sluggish ground game still a work in progressBy JOHN ZENORThe Auburn Tigers once seemed virtual locks to have at least one 1,000-yard rusher every season.After a two-year drought in that category, the seventh-ranked Tigers (1-0) are off to a slow start in the running...

AP Sports WriterNo. 19 Memphis showing off offense filled with playmakersBy TERESA M. WALKERMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Mike Norvell's biggest selling point for the 19th-ranked Memphis Tigers is how his program is built for playmakers to make plays.Lots of plays for lots of yards.Wide receiver Antonio Gibson is Memphis'...

AP Sports WriterNotre Dame opens ACC play against Duke, won't play NavyBy AARON BEARDNotre Dame opens its season as an Atlantic Coast Conference football member against visiting Duke on Sept. 12 and won't face Navy for the first time in more than nine decades as part of the ACC's...

Houston Hogg, helped integrate SEC at Kentucky, dies at 71LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Houston Hogg, one of four African-American football players at Kentucky who helped break the Southeastern Conference color line in the late 1960s, has died. He was 71.The school announced Friday that Hogg died in Owensboro, Kentucky.The...

AP Sports WriterNo. 5 Georgia, No. 8 Baylor talk motivation for Sugar BowlBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer figures that suffering through 11 losses two seasons has given him a healthy perspective as the Bears prepare for their Sugar Bowl showdown against established SEC power...