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AP College Football WriterCFP matchups: What will decide Tide-Irish, Tigers-Buckeyes?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe last time Alabama and Notre Dame played each other, it was a BCS championship blowout won by the Crimson Tide.The last time Clemson and Ohio State faced off - just last year - they played one...

AP College Football WriterComeback player of year: Kent State's Dixon leads nomineesBy RALPH D. RUSSOAntwan Dixon couldn't eat, his mouth too sore for even soup after several teeth were pulled. A cavity could pose a threat while he waited for a bone marrow transplant to treat aplastic anemia. His...

AP Sports WriterFlorida's Polite, UGA's Walker could sack 'Cocktail Party'By MARK LONGJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Game-wrecking pass-rushers could turn the ''World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party'' into a steady stream of sack celebrations.Florida's Jachai Polite and Georgia's D'Andre Walker are two of the most disruptive defenders in the Southeastern Conference....

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) Longtime Bemidji State football coach Jeff Tesch has been fired. Tesch had been on paid administrative leave since August after allegedly uttering a racial slur during a preseason practice. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports (http://strib.mn/2eLu3tZ ) he was fired Monday. Tesch released a statement through the union representing...

Arrested ULL players get chance to clear their recordsLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) More than a dozen Louisiana-Lafayette football players suspended from the team after felony theft arrests in late April could have the charges dropped by completing a pre-trial diversion program.District Attorney Keith Stutes in Lafayette said the players...

AP Sports WriterSooners young QB Spencer Rattler latest to thrive with RileyBy CLIFF BRUNTIowa State coach Matt Campbell is preparing for a more mature version of Oklahoma freshman quarterback Spencer Rattler in the Big 12 championship game than the one his Cyclones beat in October.Rattler was only in his...

AP Sports WriterDavid Williams, 1st SEC black athletic director, dies at 71By TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) David Williams II, the first black athletic director in the Southeastern Conference and an ''incomparable leader'' at Vanderbilt, died Friday, hours before his retirement party. He was 71.He died at Vanderbilt...

AP College Football WriterPick Six: Pivotal players who could help decide Big 12 titleBy RALPH D. RUSSOAs Charlie Strong has learned in two years as Texas coach, the Big 12 is not a conference for a team trying to find an offensive identity. In a league filled with fast-paced...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: La.-Lafayette leads 10 news teams in rankingsBy RALPH D. RUSSOLouisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State were among 10 new teams ranked Sunday in first regular-season Associated Press college football poll, which was stripped of the teams not yet scheduled to play a fall season.There was...

Report: Youngstown State, Pitt to meet in 2024(STATS) - Recent games between Pittsburgh and Youngstown State have been so exciting, there appears to be good reason to do it again.The two schools have scheduled a matchup on Sept. 21, 2024 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, FBSchedules.com reported. The report...

AP College Football WriterEmmert: Unlikely all schools will start seasons at same timeBy RALPH D. RUSSONCAA President Mark Emmert says the coronavirus is making it unlikely all schools will be ready to begin competing in college sports at the same time.The goal, he said Friday night, is for every...

South Carolina pulls out of bowl vs UAB due to COVID-19COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina won't be going to a bowl game, after all.The Gamecocks, who finished 2-8, opted out of the Gasparilla Bowl against UAB on Tuesday due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the...