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AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Podcast: Too much strength of schedule talkBy RALPH D. RUSSOJust about every college football argument eventually gets around to somebody exclaiming: 'Y'all ain't played nobody."Eds: APNewsNow.By RALPH D. RUSSO=AP College Football Writer=Just about every college football argument eventually gets around to somebody exclaiming:...

Brother killed, Grambling football player hurt in shootingMETAIRIE, La. (AP) A teen has been killed, while a Grambling State University football player and third unnamed person have been injured in a shooting at a suburban New Orleans playground.Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Capt. Jason Rivarde tells the News Star...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Could these five teams earn first FCS playoff bids?By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Last year, UC Davis, Incarnate Word and Lamar earned their first bids to the FCS playoffs. A year earlier, it was Kennesaw State, Monmouth, Central Connecticut State and South Dakota.If it happens again in...

AP Sports WriterIowa's Epenesa focusing on '19 season, not '20 NFL draftBy LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa junior A.J. Epenesa knows that he has a strong shot at being picked in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft should he choose to go pro next spring.He's...

Release dates of FCS preseason polls, honors(STATS) - Anticipation for the 2019 college football season will raise considerably when conferences release preseason polls and honors this summer.Great conversation - OK, debate - emerges no matter if a team is picked to finish first, last or somewhere in between.July generally...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Biggest conference games in 2019 FCS seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - While wins count the same in the standings during a season, let's face it, some mean a lot more than others.The most important during the long, winding conference schedule have the biggest impact with deciding titles...

Arizona State's Herm Edwards to serve as professorTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Herm Edwards is adding a new title at Arizona State: Professor.The school announced Thursday that the Arizona State head football coach will become a professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Edwards will...

Vanderbilt, SMU to play 3-game series starting in 2024NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt and SMU have scheduled a three-game series that starts in 2024.The two teams will face each other twice in Nashville and once in Dallas during a six-year stretch.The series starts when SMU visits Vanderbilt on Sept....

Vanderbilt adds 4 more graduate transfers to its rosterNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt has added four more graduate transfers to its football roster.Commodores coach Derek Mason announced Wednesday the additions of offensive lineman Rowan Godwin, receiver/kick returner Justice Shelton-Mosley, defensive back Cam Watkins and defensive lineman Eddie Zinn-Turner.Watkins played...

Titans to retire McNair, George numbers(STATS) - The Tennessee Titans announced Wednesday they will retire the late Steve McNair's No. 9 jersey at their home opener against the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 15.The Colts also will retire running back Eddie George's No. 27, making them the seventh and eighth...

Tennessee OL McBride giving up football for health reasonsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee freshman offensive lineman Melvin McBride is giving up football for medical reasons.Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt said Wednesday that a ''personal medical condition'' was discovered during McBride's physical after the offensive lineman arrived on campus. Pruitt didn't...

Tennessee OL McBride giving up football for health reasonsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee freshman offensive lineman Melvin McBride is giving up football for medical reasons.Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt said Wednesday that a ''personal medical condition'' was discovered during McBride's physical after the offensive lineman arrived on campus. Pruitt didn't...